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Beggars at the Gate of a Temple, Canton
Object type: photograph
Date: 1869 – 1869
Techniques: albumen silver print, glass negative
Artist: john thomson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british, scottish
Artist dates: 1837 – 1921
Subjects: gates,stairs,temples,men,women

From 1868 to 1872, Thomson assembled his masterful documentation of China, published after he returned to Britain as Foochow and the River Min (1873) and the four-volume Illustrations of China and Its People (1873-74). Thomson's extensive travels took him throughout the Foochow region, on a three-thousand mile journey along the Yangzi, and to the western plains of Taiwan and the southern port cities of Canton and Hong Kong, often with his dog as his only companion. His subjects varied extensively as well, from peasants to royalty and rural villages to grand palaces.
Zes microscopische vergrotingen van mineralen
Object type: page
Date: 1880 – 1885
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: greifswald
Subjects: minerals and metals
Inscriptions: number: ‘1 (...) 6’, number: ‘Tafel VII’

Afbeelding 1 is labradoriet, 2 is kwarts, 3 is oligoklaas, 4 is heulandiet, 5 is hyperstheen en 6 is veldspaat en trachiet.
Portret van Hermannus Oosterdijk Schacht
Object type: print
Date: 1668 – 1733
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: leiden
Subjects: amsterdam, historical persons

Prent met enkele omlijsting gebruikt in: Fundatoris, curatorum et professorum celeberrimorum (...). Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, 1716. Eerdere staat van het portret voor het eerst gebruikt in: Icones ad vivum delineatae et expressae. Leiden: Andries Clouck, 1609. Eerdere staat ook gebruikt in: Meursius, Joannes. Illustris academia Lugd-Batava (...). Leiden: Andries Clouck, 1613; Meursius, Joannes. Icones, elogia ac vitae professorum Lugdunensium apud Batavos (...). Leiden: Andries Clouck, 1617 en in: Meursius, Joannes. Athenae Batavae. Sive, de urbe Leidensi & academia, virisuw claris (...). Leiden: Andries Clouck en Bonaventura en Abraham Elzevier, 1625.
Vrouwenhoofd, in profiel
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1875 – 1934
Materials: chalk, paper
Location: the hague
Artist: isaac israels
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1865 – 1934
Subjects: head (human) - aa - female human figure (+ sideview, profile)

Pagina 5 uit schetsboek XLIV met 43 pagina's.
Steen met inscriptie in het Boulaq Museum in Caïro, Egypte
Object type: photograph
Date: 1866 – 1871
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: cairo
Subjects: inscription, permanent exhibition, museum
Rectangular Plaque
Object type: covering and hanging
Materials: jade
Location: china
Wine Glass
Object type: glass
Date: 1775 – 1775
Materials: glass
Techniques: cutting, engraving, stippling
Location: netherlands
Les quatre grandes plantes
Object type: print
Date: 1843 – 1843
Materials: paper
Techniques: aquatint, drypoint, engraving, etching
Location: france
Artist: eugène bléry
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1805 – 1887
Subjects: plants (in general)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Utrechtse maskerade van 1881 (verklaring)
Object type: text sheet
Date: 1881 – 1881
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: utrecht
Subjects: matthias van oostenrijk (rooms-duits keizer), students' pageant, costumes used in pageants, commemoration of the founding of a university, utrecht

Tekstblad met een overzicht van de zeven platen met de namen van de voorgestelden en de deelnemende studenten. Onderdeel van de serie van zeven platen plus titelprent van de gekostumeerde optocht door de studenten van de Utrechtse Hogeschool op 28 juni 1881 bij de viering van het 245-jarig bestaan van de Hogeschool. Voorgesteld is de intocht van aartshertog Matthias in Brusssel op 18 januari 1578.
Saucer with butterflies
Object type: saucer
Date: 1700 – 1710
Materials: enamel, glaze, hard paste porcelain
Techniques: painting
Subjects: butterflies

The gift of the Hans Syz Collection in 1995 endowed the Museum with nearly three hundred examples of European and Asian ceramics meticulously acquired by Swiss-born collector Dr. Syz (1894–1991) to chart the migration of models and patterns from East to West. Documenting a continuous process of influence and adaptation, these pieces provide a discriminating review of the nuances of stylistic change resulting from three centuries of trade.
Jonge vrouw met een parasol
Object type: print
Date: 1874 – 1874
Materials: paper
Techniques: drypoint, etching, intaglio
Artist: constant aimé marie cap
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1842 – 1915
Subjects: parasol, sunshade
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Portret van Jean Civiale
Object type: print
Date: 1825 – 1842
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: paris, historical persons, physician, doctor
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
24 Caricatures by Several Ladies, Gentleman, Artists, &c.
Object type: print
Date: 1771 – 1771
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: london
Subjects: snuff-box, physician, doctor, political caricatures and satires
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, : ‘Pub[lishe]d accord[in]g to Act of Parll[iamen]t.’

Maakt deel uit van een 24-delige serie met karikaturen van verschillende figuren, uitgegeven door Matthew en Mary Darly in 1771. Dit betreft een prent uit volume 1 van de serie.
Boy riding a hobbyhorse
Object type: figure
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: jade
Culture: chinese
Subjects: boys,lotuses
De terugkeer van de verloren zoon
Object type: print
Date: 1540 – 1560
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Artist: jan van scorel
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1495 – 1562
Subjects: the parable of the prodigal son (luke 15:11-32)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Aantal scènes uit het verhaal van de verloren zoon in één voorstelling. In het midden de terugkeer van de verloren zoon, zijn vader omhelst hem. twee cartouches met tekst.
Standing Courtesan
Object type: print
Date: 1710 – 1719
Techniques: hand coloring, woodblock print, sumizuri
Location: japan
Artist: okumura masanobu
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1686 – 1764
Portret van een vrouw in een jurk leunend op een fauteuil
Object type: photograph
Date: 1860 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: studio requisites ~ photographer, clothing for the lower part of the body, historical persons, clothing for the upper part of the body, dress, gown

Onderdeel van Fotoalbum van een Nederlandse familie met 168 cartes-de-visite en kabinetfoto's.
Monstra Marina / Meehr Wunder
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1571 – 1635
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: nuremberg
Subjects: monsters of the sea
Inscriptions: : ‘2’

Een naakte zeegod op de voorgrond, zittend bij een kruik waaruit water stroomt. In het water een triton die zijn hoorn blaast en een andere die water schept.
Souvenirs de la Normandie
Object type: print
Date: 1833 – 1833
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: folklore, the study of popular tradition, fisherman
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, annotation: ‘719’

Vijftien voorstellingen van folkore in Normandië, waaronder het vissersleven.
Reproductie van een gedecoreerde houten kast
Object type: reproduction
Date: 1859 – 1864
Materials: paper
Techniques: photolithography
Location: paris
Subjects: furniture for storage
Inscriptions: name: ‘Phot. Berthier./ Procédé Poitevin’
Glass perfume bottle
Object type: perfume bottle
Date: 101 – 300
Materials: glass
Culture: roman

Colorless with greenish tinge. Rim folded out, down, over, and in, with beveled outer lip; convex, cylindrical neck expanding downward, with band of tooling marks around base; elongated piriform body with convex sides; concave bottom. Intact; some bubbles; deep weathering and pitting; brilliant iridescence.
Table Screen Inscribed with the Poem "Lisao," now converted to a wall panel
Object type: table screen
Materials: marble, wood
Culture: chinese
Artist: li mi
Artist role: artist
Artist dates: 1600 – 1699
De Munttoren
Object type: photograph
Date: 1941 – 1942
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: amsterdam
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: city-view in general; 'veduta', occupation ~ war, netherlands

De Munttoren in Amsterdam gezien vanuit de Reguliersbreestraat. In de straat rijdt een tram, lijn 5. Achterop staat: Amsterdam, Rembrandtstr.
Dish (coppa): Hercules slays the centaur Nessus
Object type: dish
Date: 1525 – 1525
Techniques: maiolica, glazing
Artist: maestro giorgio andreoli
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1500 – 1550
Subjects: hercules,centaurs
Birth and Baptismal Certificate
Object type: birth and baptismal certificate, fraktur
Date: 1810 – 1810
Materials: ink, paper, watercolor
Culture: american
Location: united states
Subjects: birds
The Lighthouse at Zandvoort
Object type: titelprent, frontispice
Date: 1611 – 1611
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: claes jansz. visscher (ii)
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker, publisher
Artist dates: 1586 – 1652
Subjects: lighthouse, lightship, fisherman, rodents: rabbit
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘NAMEN DER VOLGENDE LANTSCHAPIENS 2-12’, caption: ‘1.Vierbake t' Sandtvoordt ...12. t' Huys te Kleef’, address: ‘t' Amsterdam Gedrukt by Klaes Ianss Visscher wonede inde Kalverstraet inde Visscher’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Door een boogvormig venster de vuurtoren van Zantvoort te zien. Op de voorgrond boek- en drukkersattributen. Daaronder, in kader op de 'stenen muur' in het midden een visser,zittend onderhet adres van Claes Jansz. Visscher.: t' Amsterdam Gedrukt by Klaes IanssVisscherwonede inde Kalverstraet inde Visscher.Links en rechts de nummers en namen van de topografische plaatsen die in de serie zijn afgebeeld in de serie NAMEN DERVOLGENDELANTSCHAPIENS 2-12
Atjeh
Object type: drawing
Date: 1874 – 1874
Materials: ink, paper
Location: aceh
Artist: c.d. wulf
Artist role: draughtsman
Subjects: civic architecture; edifices; dwellings
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘naar natuur door C.D.W. / Huis bewoond door de luitt. Kolonel F.C.G. Stocker chef van den staf, en 2den bevelhebber der expeditionnaire troepen in den Kraton. / - Atjeh -’

Huis van luitenant-kolonel F.C.G. Stocker, chef staf en tweede bevelhebber van de expeditionnaire troepen in de Kraton (Kota Radja) met bijgebouwen in omheining onder loofbomen. Voor de ingang van het hek 2 mannen in militaire uniformen. In de tuin voor het huis een tafel; op de overdekte waranda een tafel met een lamp erboven.
Gipsmodel voor beeldhouwwerk op het Palais du Louvre: "Hoche" door Eugène Farochon
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1855 – 1857
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: salted paper print
Location: paris
Artist: édouard denis baldus
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1813 – 1889
Subjects: piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture, permanent exhibition, museum, paris, tuileries palace

Onderdeel van Réunion des Tuileries au Louvre 1852-1857, album 4.
Alkoof
Object type: print
Date: 1656 – 1657
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: france

Op de kroonlijst bevindt zich een cartouche met bekroond Frans koninklijk wapenschild. Voor het hemelbed staat de koning omringd door hovelingen. Tweede afdruk uit tweede editie.
New Künstlichs Modelbuch (Page 2 recto)
Object type: book print ornament architecture
Date: 1600 – 1600
Techniques: woodcut
Artist: bernhard jobin
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: swiss
Artist dates: 1535 – 1597

Published by Bernhard Jobin, Strassburg (?). Illustrated title page, poem (2 pages), and 45 pages of designs.
Portret van Jean Dussaulx
Object type: print
Date: 1770 – 1804
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: france
Subjects: paris, politician, historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Salomo's Salbung
Object type: page
Date: 1851 – 1861
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: berlin
Artist: gustav schauer
Artist role: painter, publisher
Artist dates: 1826 – 1902
Subjects: solomon anointed king by zadok; all the people rejoice and blow their trumpets
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘45. Bild. 12. Loge. No. 1.’
Vijfenveertgste lustrum van de Universiteit van Utrecht 1861
Object type: history medal
Date: 1861 – 1861
Materials: bronze
Techniques: striking
Location: utrecht
Artist: johan philip menger
Artist role: medailleur
Artist dates: 1818 – 1895

Bronzen penning, op de voorzijde de stadsgodin van Utrecht, opgestaan uit haar zetel waartegen een schild met het wapen van de stad Utrecht, lauwert een borstbeeld van Minerva op zuil, met bovenaan omschrift, op de keerzijde zeven regels tekst tussen samengestrikte lauwertakken.
Dresden & Sächs. Schweiz
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1878 – 1878
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: dresden
Subjects: palace, church (exterior), tower (of house or building)
Inscriptions: address: ‘Leipziger Str. 31.’, number: ‘5.’
Grondwetsherziening van 1887
Object type: drawing
Date: 1887 – 1887
Materials: paper, pencil
Location: netherlands
Artist: johan michaël schmidt crans
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1830 – 1907
Subjects: johan rudolf thorbecke, gijsbert karel graaf van hogendorp, amsterdam, politician, political caricatures and satires, netherlands
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘De Nederlandsche Spectator 1887 no 46 ro p. 382.’

Schets voor een spotprent in De Nederlandsche Spectator nr. 46 van 1887, naar aanleiding van de aangenomen Grondwetsherziening met het Caoutchouc-artikel. Hogendorp en Thorbecke in de wolken boven het Binnenhof te Den Haag. In het midden een standbeeld van minister Heemskerk met de Grondwet 1887 in zijn linkerhand.
Fan
Object type: costume and accessory
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: ivory, paint, skin
Techniques: carving, gilding, painting
Location: france
Keukeninterieur
Object type: print
Date: 1850 – 1910
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, intaglio
Artist: fr. van groeningen
Artist role: print maker
Subjects: kitchen-interior
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Sterfdatum prentmaker onbekend. Derhalve is voor bepaling van de rechten van dit object de verwervingsdatum aangehouden.
Het Vliegende Vaartuig van Daam Schijf, 1743
Object type: print
Date: 1743 – 1743
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Artist: hendrik de leth
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker, publisher
Artist dates: 1703 – 1766
Subjects: ships (in general) (+ propulsion of vehicle, ship, etc. by animals), invention, discovery ~ science and technology
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 195, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Blad met drie voorstellingen van het zogenaamde Vliegende Vaartuig, een vaartuig genaamd Volg My, dat zonder zeilen grote snelheden zou moeten halen, een uitvinding van Zaandamse kruidenier Daam Schijf. Op 20 juni 1743 werd het schip, met een door vijf paarden aangedreven rad verborgen in het ruim, in de Zaan te water gelaten waar het zonk.
Portret van Ewald Friedrich von Hertzberg
Object type: print
Date: 1803 – 1849
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: christian gottlob scherf
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1793 – 
Subjects: poland, berlin, ewald friedrich von hertzberg (graaf), knighthood order (red eagle order), historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Opening van de spoorweg Antwerpen-Keulen
Object type: history medal
Date: 1844 – 1844
Materials: bronze
Techniques: striking
Location: brussels
Subjects: antwerp, cologne
Verzamelaarskabinet of kunstkast met boeken, prenten en sculptuur
Object type: print
Date: 1700 – 1799
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: print, e.g.: engraving, etching, lithograph, 'kunstschrank', book, piece of sculpture, reproduction of a piece of sculpture
Poem by Sangi Takamura (Ono no Takamura), from an untitled series of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets
Object type: print
Date: 1767 – 1768
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: suzuki harunobu 鈴木 春信
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1725 – 1770
Looppad langs de Gorges du Trient
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1860 – 1880
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: switzerland
Artist: ernest eléonor pierre lamy
Artist role: publisher
Artist dates: 1828 – 1900
Subjects: ravine, chasm, abyss, canyon
Inscriptions: number: ‘214.’
Apron
Object type: apron
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: silk
Culture: british
Subjects: flowers
Small Drinking Goblet
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: germany
Artist: paul flindt
Zarnata
Object type: print
Date: 1679 – 1702
Materials: paper
Techniques: colour, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: fortress, city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, castle

Prent maakt deel uit van een set van 16 prenten met voorstellingen van Griekse vestingsteden, oorspronkelijk gedrukt op één blad, die gebruikt konden worden als sieraad rond een kaart.
Design for T-Cart, no. 3287
Object type: drawing
Date: 1876 – 1876
Materials: gouache, ink, 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
Sketch of Mountain Scenery (from Sketchbook)
Object type: drawing
Date: 1890 – 1890
Materials: graphite, paper
Culture: american
Artist: albert bierstadt
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1830 – 1902
Subjects: mountains
Scene in a Farce called The Quaker
Object type: print
Techniques: etching
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: opera,men

This print illustrates Charles Dibdin's comic opera "The Quaker." In Act 1, scene 10, showing the actors Parsons and Bannister singing, watched by Gillian and Floretta (played by Mrs Wrighten and Miss Walpole).
Oude buitenplaatsen rondom 's-Gravenhage
Object type: print
Date: 1926 – 1926
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: simon moulijn
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1866 – 1948
Subjects: landscape with tower or castle, garden pond
Inscriptions: stamp: Lugt 2362b, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent gebruikt voor: Moulijn, Simon en Gelder, Hendrik Enno van. Oude buitenplaatsen rondom 's-Gravenhage. 's-Gravenhage: Gemeentebestuur, 1929.
Duck
Object type: ornament
Date: 1101 – 1133
Materials: clay
Culture: central asian
Subjects: ducks
Terracotta rim fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Object type: skyphos fragment
Date: 450 – 426
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic
"The Archer" cistern
Object type: cistern
Date: 1740 – 1740
Materials: cobalt, porcelain
Techniques: painting, underglaze
Culture: chinese
Artist: cornelis pronk
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: dutch
Artist dates: 1691 – 1759
Subjects: bow and arrow,archery

This water cistern is a rare example of Chinese porcelain with a design attributed to Cornelis Pronk (1691–1759), a Dutch draftsman working for the Dutch East-India Company (VOC). In 1734, the artist was commissioned to make sets of drawings for the decoration of Chinese porcelain, which were sent to China in 1736. Various porcelain dinner services and tea sets in underglaze blue and polychrome enamel were thereafter produced in China and sent back to the Netherlands. Known as “The Archer,” the design on the current piece is among four attributed to Pronk. This work highlights a significant moment when a Western artist became directly involved in creating designs for Chinese export porcelain during the mid-eighteenth century.
VOC, duit Westfriesland, 1744
Object type: coin
Date: 1744 – 1744
Materials: copper
Techniques: striking
Location: medemblik

Koperen munt. Voorzijde: gekroond wapenschild van Westfriesland. Keerzijde: monogram van de VOC, waarboven muntmeesterteken en waaronder jaartal. Gladde rand.
Jephthah's daughter kneeling by the sacrificial altar, with her father standing at right
Object type: print
Date: 1730 – 1750
Techniques: engraving, etching
Artist: pietro monaco
Artist role: artist and publisher
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1707 – 1772
Ceramic Fragment
Object type: ceramic fragment
Date: 1301 – 1500
Materials: earthenware, glaze
Techniques: painting
Location: egypt
Hali Nasili Pascha, deß Visir Knupperli Bruder, Statthalter auff der grossen Insul Schmeks im Arschipelago
Object type: caricature
Date: 1705 – 1715
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching, hand coloring
Location: augsburg
Artist: martin engelbrecht
Artist role: print maker, publisher
Artist dates: 1684 – 1756
Subjects: caricatures (human types), little people

De moslim kleine mens Hali Nasili Pascha, met tulband en scepter in de hand. In het onderschrift onder de titel een vierregelig vers in het Duits. Genummerd rechtsboven: 14. Onderdeel van een losbladige uitgave uit ca. 1710 van een serie karikaturen van kleine mensen, bekend als Het Dwergentooneel.
Seiryū Gongen
Object type: hanging scroll
Date: 1334 – 1366
Materials: ink, silk
Culture: japanese
Subjects: women,deities

Seiryū Gongen is a female deity who protects Daigoji, a Shingon-sect Esoteric Buddhist temple in south Kyoto. Seiryū can be written with different Chinese characters, meaning either “pure waterfall” or “blue dragon”—a nod to her scriptural origins as the third daughter of the Dragon King, Shagara, who is associated with the sea and rainmaking. Based on an earlier painting once owned by Daigoji, this work shows her holding a wish-fulfilling jewel. Having just opened a sliding door, she looks down at a small girl holding a book. According to an inscription on the earlier work, the picture illustrates the dream vision of a certain Daigoji monk who described having seen the goddess deliver to a young girl teachings on Buddhist herbal medicine.
Portret van Leopold III Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau
Object type: print
Date: 1756 – 1756
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: leipzig
Subjects: leopold iii frederik frans van anhalt-dessau, helmet, (military) camp with tents, armour, historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228