deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Count (Antoine Jacques Claude Joseph) Boulay de la Meurthe , Polititian, Minister of State
Object type: medallion
Date: 1832 – 1832
Materials: bronze
Techniques: casting
Artist: pierre jean david d'angers
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1788 – 1856
Subjects: men,profiles

Pierre-Jean David d’Angers was the most prolific and one of the most important French sculptors of the first half of the nineteenth century. Throughout his almost fifty-year career (1819–1856) David remained true to his conviction that sculptural monuments dedicated to the achievements of great men and women most permanently and vividly express the greatness of a people. He continuously sought commissions for monuments portraying historical and contemporary figures whom he admired in order to commit their contributions to posterity. His most famous public commission, the figurative pediment of the Pantheon in Paris (1830–1837), which commemorates great men and was dedicated by a grateful nation, exemplifies these life-long principles. David d’Angers extended his definition of public monuments to include portrait medallions. In the 1820s he dedicated himself to a personal campaign of creating contemporary and retrospective medallic portraits of illustrious sitters. By the end of his life David had executed almost five-hundred portrait medallions, frequently travelling great distances to model his sitters from life. The medallions most often were not commissioned. David himself chose whom he deemed worthy of inclusion into his medallic pantheon. David also did not profit from the portraits. He generally delivered his wax models to professional founders for casting and dissemination through sale.
Tobacco Pouch
Object type: tobacco pouch
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: lacquer
Culture: japanese
Card Number 130, Miss Weathersby, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes
Object type: print
Date: 1880 – 1889
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: w. duke, sons & co.
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1870 – 1920
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-2), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the second subset, N145-2. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.
Portret van Henri Groulart
Object type: print
Date: 1649 – 1649
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Subjects: henri groulart
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Portret van Henri Groulart, in een ovale sierlijst met familiewapens. Met motto: Agere et pati fortia. Achter de lijst een draperie met Franse lelies.
Portret van een onbekende vrouw
Object type: cabinet photograph
Date: 1900 – 1915
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: rotterdam
Subjects: adult woman
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Fotografie Strauss Rotterdam in het gebouw de Galerij Korte Hoogstraat (...) Vergrootingen in alle Formaten.’
Zak-inktkoker van zilver in groen etui van roggevel
Object type: inktkoker
Date: 1761 – 1761
Materials: silver
Location: paris
Artist: eloi brichard
Artist role: silversmith
Subjects: amsterdam, leiden, lucretia wilhelmina van merken

Zak-inktkoker van zilver, in een groen etui van roggevel; gebruikt door de dichteres Lucretia Wilhelmina van Merken (Amsterdam 1721-1789). Parijs, merk: Fermier général Brichard, 1761/2, jaarletter gekroonde X. Geschulpt ovaal van doorsnede.
Portret van William van Gloucester
Object type: print
Date: 1670 – 1713
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: dog
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2165

Prins William, hertog van Gloucester, op jonge leeftijd. Hij wijst naar een hondje.
Parson Adams Betrayed into an Unhappy Dunking Scene, from "The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams"
Object type: print
Date: 1792 – 1792
Techniques: etching
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: satire,men
Architectural Capriccio: Vaulted Passageway Leading to a Square
Object type: drawing
Date: 1712 – 1793
Materials: chalk, ink
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: francesco guardi
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1712 – 1793
Subjects: arches,buildings
Kind met valhoed
Object type: print
Date: 1756 – 1817
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: unknown
Artist: louis bernard coclers
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1741 – 1817
Subjects: head-protector (~ learning to walk)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2227

Een kind met valhoed zit op een stoof, om de nek heeft het een slab gebonden.
Staande vrouw, mogelijk een revuedanseres
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1915 – 1934
Materials: chalk, paper
Location: the hague
Artist: isaac israels
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1865 – 1934
Subjects: female dancer

Blad 8 recto uit schetsboek VI met 33 bladen.
Schetsboek met 46 bladen vervaardigd te Noord-Holland en Utrecht
Object type: sketchbook
Date: 1902 – 1914
Materials: chalk, paper, pencil
Location: utrecht
Artist: george hendrik breitner
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1857 – 1923
Subjects: landscapes, horse, street, haarlem, utrecht, amsterdam
Inscriptions: retailer's mark: ‘Gebrs. Simons/ Amsterdam./ Filiaal/ Heiligenweg 34/ Kantoorboek & Papierhandel./ Linieer- en Perforeer-inrichting./ No. 141 Blanco/ Bij nabestelling van dit boek, gelieve men/ bovenstaand nummer op te geven. / per doz f 1.60 per stuk 15’

Schetsboek bestaande uit 46 bladen met gezichten te Amsterdam, Utrecht, Haarlem en Aerdenhout. Verder paarden.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 434 – 368
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Exterior, part of a circumscribed palmette
Pair of Sleeves (Kotē)
Object type: pair of sleeve kotē
Date: 1701 – 1800
Culture: japanese
Location: japan
Atjeh, Sumatra, sultan Mohammed, kasja
Object type: coin
Date: 1824 – 1838
Materials: tin
Techniques: casting
Location: aceh

Tinnen munt. Voorzijde: drieregelig opschrift in Arabische lettertekens. Keerzijde: drieregelig opschrift in Arabische lettertekens, waaronder jaartal in Islamitische jaartelling
Chester, Eastgate Street, St. Grosvenor Hotel
Object type: photograph
Date: 1866 – 1890
Materials: paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: great britain
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: hotel, hostelry, inn
Inscriptions: number: ‘-2671-’
Gezicht op Red Farm in Wrentham
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1888 – 1899
Materials: paper
Techniques: autotype
Location: massachusetts
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: farm (building)
Bukkende boer op het land
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1893 – 1897
Materials: chalk, paper
Location: ede
Artist: willem witsen
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1860 – 1923
Subjects: farmers, cultivated land

Pagina 39 uit een schetsboek met 28 bladen.
Cassetta frame
Object type: frame
Materials: crystal, wood, glaze, niello, panel, silver
Culture: italian
Artist: Anonymous
Artist role: artist
Fragmentary Loom Width with Wavy-Vine Pattern
Object type: textile fragment
Date: 1565 – 1580
Materials: metal thread, silk
Techniques: lampas
Location: turkey
Subjects: vines
Portret van Johann Conrad Dannhauer
Object type: print
Date: 1680 – 1733
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: leipzig
Artist: martin bernigeroth
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1670 – 1733
Subjects: johann conrad dannhauer, historical persons, book
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
The return of the prodigal son
Object type: print
Date: 1636 – 1636
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Artist: rembrandt van rijn
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1606 – 1669
Subjects: the parable of the prodigal son (luke 15:11-32)
Inscriptions: signature and date: ‘Rembrandt f 1636’ Lugt, mark: 2228 a

De terugkeer van de verloren zoon: hij knielt voor zijn vader op het bordes van zijn ouderlijk huis. In de deuropening twee figuren, een derde kijkt uit het venster.
Gioco Delle Donne, E Sue Facende (Game of Wives, And Their Chores)
Object type: print
Date: 1654 – 1718
Techniques: etching
Artist: giuseppe maria mitelli
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1634 – 1718
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 600 – 401
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Three black glazed fragments from lipped kylikes
Manchet van gehaakte kant met vierpassen en vierkante godronschulpen
Object type: cuff
Date: 1890 – 1900
Materials: cotton
Techniques: crocheted lace, irish crochet lace
Location: ireland
Artist: Anonymous

Manchet van naturelkleurige Ierse gehaakte kant. Rechthoekig model met afgeronde hoeken. Het middenveld bestaat uit een ruitvormig netwerk met drie rijen moesjes. De kraag is aan drie kanten afgewerkt met een aaneenschakeling van open vierpassen (rozetten met vier bloembladen). In het centrum van elke vierpas staat een cirkeltje. En onder elke vierpas een vierkante schulp, gevuld met godrons. De bovenzijde van de manchet is recht afgewerkt.
Portret van Jacques Tuboeuf
Object type: print
Date: 1640 – 1650
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: france
Subjects: politician, historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Cup plate
Object type: glass
Date: 1800 – 1850
Materials: glass
Techniques: pressed
Location: sandwich
Artist: Anonymous
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1800 – 1899
Terracotta oil lamp
Object type: lamp
Date: 201 – 300
Materials: terracotta
Culture: roman
Subjects: palmettes

Loeschcke Type 8. Unpierced handle. Mold-made. Discus: large palm frond with central diamond on stem and two spiral tendrils at base; two filling holes towards sides. On shoulder: double herring-bone wreath. Undefined, deep concave base, with incised Greek letters around edge at back: EΘƧXMS. Intact.
Happiness (from the series A Love)
Object type: print
Date: 1887 – 1903
Techniques: aquatint, engraving, etching
Artist: max klinger
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1857 – 1920
Subjects: couples,men,women
Gleaston Castle
Object type: page
Date: 1870 – 1880
Materials: paper
Techniques: heliotype
Subjects: landscape with ruins, ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, etc.
Box with tray
Object type: box with tray
Date: 1601 – 1700
Materials: gold, lacquer
Culture: japanese
Artist: higashiyawa yohimasa
Artist role: artist
Subjects: trees
Design for Wagon, no. 994d
Object type: drawing
Date: 1870 – 1870
Materials: ink
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
Christian Allegory with two Children both Pouring from a Carafe into a Bowl
Object type: painting
Date: 1650 – 1699
Materials: canvas, oil
Location: northern netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: (liturgical) equipment of church, temperance, 'temperantia'; 'temperanza' (ripa) ~ one of the four cardinal virtues, child

Christelijke allegorie met twee kinderen die elk een karaf in een schaal uitgieten. Onderdeel van een reeks van vier decoratiestukken met op elk een christelijke allegorie met twee kindertjes (SK-A-1211/1214).
Etiket van archeoloog en antiquaar Robert Forrer
Object type: label
Date: 1876 – 1947
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: switzerland, robert forrer, reading, delivering; receiving (~ postal matter), lectern ~ reading

Imitatie van een middeleeuwse boekillustratie. Een bode brengt een brief aan een man aan een boekstandaard. Daaronder: 'Mag. Rob Forrer Strasspurgk'.
't Geseegend Jaar, van MDCCVI
Object type: print
Date: 1706 – 1707
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: pieter schenk (i)
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1660 – 1711
Subjects: fortress, maps of cities

Blad met negen voorstellingen van gebeurtenissen uit het jaar 1706 van de Spaanse Successieoorlog en van plattegronden van versterkte steden. Blad VII uit de serie: Schouwburg van den oorlog.
Wensbrief met jachtscènes
Object type: popular print
Date: 1802 – 1802
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: calligraphy, etching, pen
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: hunter, hunters hunting (n.b.: in 1988-1990 this notation denoted the concept of 43c11421 'hunters resting during the hunt'), hunters resting during the hunt
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Kers briev, / Nu vieren wij het heuglijk feest, / Den dag toen Jesus is gebooren ...’, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Wensbrief met beschreven cartouche binnen een decoratief kader met jachtscènes, waaronder een grote voorstellingen van een groep mannen die vogels probeert te vangen met een groot net. Handgeschreven bericht in kalligrafie (Kerstbrief) door Annetje Koker. Genummerd rechtsboven: No. 35. Genummerd rechtsonder: 88.
Litho van Henri Baron
Object type: photograph
Date: 1855 – 1855
Materials: cardboard, paper, photographic support
Techniques: salted paper print
Location: amsterdam
Artist: eduard isaac asser
Artist role: amateurfotograaf
Artist dates: 1809 – 1894
Subjects: art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art)
Pair of candlestands
Object type: candlestand
Date: 1735 – 1735
Materials: wood
Gezicht op de aanleg van een viaduct bij Station Amsterdam Centraal
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1906 – 1906
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: viaduct, city-view in general; 'veduta', railway, train, station; shelter (railway, tramway)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘14.2’ Lugt 1641b

Onderwerpsrubriek binnen de Atlas Amsterdam: Verhulststraat (Johannes), Viaducten, Vierwindenstraat, Vinkenbuurt, Vinkenpad, Vinkenstraat, Vischsteeg, Vliegendesteeg, Voetboogstraat, Volewijk, Vondelstraat, Voorburgwal (N.Z.).
Goats and Sheep in a Landscape
Object type: drawing
Date: 1760 – 1761
Materials: chalk, ink
Techniques: pen, wash
Artist: giovanni domenico tiepolo
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1727 – 1804
Subjects: goats,sheep
Portret van een onbekende vrouw
Object type: carte de visite
Date: 1890 – 1901
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: rennes
Artist: raphaël eugène gilbert
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1862 – 1913
Subjects: adult woman, anonymous historical person portrayed
Inscriptions: address: ‘Rue de l'Alma, 2/ près la Caserne du Colombier/ Rennes.’, inscription: ‘On opère tous les jours et par tous/ les temps avec la même réussite/ Les Clichés sont conservés./ D. HUTINET. PARIS.’
Stadsgezicht
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: city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions

Pagina 18 uit schetsboek XLIV met 43 pagina's.
Tile Panel in the form of an Architectural Niche
Object type: tile
Date: 1301 – 1350
Materials: glaze, stonepaste
Techniques: luster painting, painting
Location: iran
Artist: hasan ibn `ali ibn ahmad  babavaih
Artist role: maker
Artist nationality: iranian
Subjects: mihrabs
Album lithographique par Charlet 1836
Object type: wrapper
Date: 1836 – 1836
Materials: paper
Techniques: pen lithography
Location: paris
Artist: nicolas toussaint charlet
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker, printer
Artist dates: 1792 – 1845
Subjects: calligraphy
Inscriptions: date

Omslag met zestien prenten, genummerd 1 tot en met 16.
De begrafenisstoet van stadhouder Frederik Hendrik te 's-Gravenhage in 1647
Object type: print
Date: 1651 – 1651
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: cortege, funeral procession
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

De begrafenisstoet van stadhouder Frederik Hendrik te 's-Gravenhage op 10 mei 1647. Plaat nr. 3 met een deel van de stoet, boven de personen staat hun functie. Onderdeel van een serie van 30 platen en 20 tekstbladen, bedoeld om aan elkaar geplakt te worden.
Grand Cañon of the Colorado River, Mouth of Kanab Wash, Looking West
Object type: photograph
Date: 1872 – 1872
Techniques: albumen print
Location: united states
Artist: william h. bell
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1830 – 1910
Subjects: collected by hugh edwards
La Jeu de la Palette
Object type: print
Date: 1766 – 1766
Materials: ink
Techniques: aquatint, printing
Artist: jean claude richard, abbé de saint-non
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1727 – 1791
Subjects: landscapes

A patron of the arts and also a printmaker, Saint-Non made etchings based on drawings by many of France's leading artists, which he published in suites entitled, Griffonis (1755–78). About 1765, he developed aquatint as a tonal process he could employ to suggest ink washes in his prints after the drawings of his friends Fragonard and Hubert Robert.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 500 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, meander; Exterior, lower drapery, calves and feet of male to left; start of handle root
Compositiestudies met figuren
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1819 – 1849
Materials: paper, pencil
Artist: willem hendrik schmidt
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1809 – 1849
Subjects: village street, interior of the house
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘W.’

Vier tekeningen in kaders, voornamelijk van figuren in interieurs en op straat. Blad 47 verso uit een schetsboek met 58 bladen.
Candlestick part
Object type: candlestick part
Date: 1767 – 1800
Materials: gilt bronze
Portret van D. Ernst Matner
Object type: print
Date: 1786 – 1844
Materials: paper
Techniques: stippling
Artist: johann christian benjamin gottschick
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1776 – 1844
Subjects: historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Galoshes
Object type: galosh
Date: 1830 – 1849
Materials: cotton, rubber
Culture: central american
Panelen en nis
Object type: print
Date: 1752 – 1769
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: paris
Subjects: panelling, 'concha' ~ architecture, ornament ~ festoon, garland
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Ontwerp en profiel van panelen aan weerszijden van een halfronde nis, daarboven guirlandes.
Distant View of Azuma Bridge and Kinryuzan Temple (Azumabashi Kinryuzan enbo), from the series "One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei)"
Object type: print
Date: 1857 – 1857
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: utagawa hiroshige 歌川 広重
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1797 – 1858
Musée Gallo-Romain de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1903 – 1918
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: photograph
Location: paris
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: helmet, permanent exhibition, museum
Portret van een jongeman met baret
Object type: print
Date: 1809 – 1850
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: historical persons (+ head (and shoulders) (portrait)), youth, adolescent (+ three-quarter view), head-gear: beret
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

De jongen kijkt naar linksboven. De rand van zijn baret staat gedeeltelijk omhoog.
Abklatsch van de krijttekening op pagina 67
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1875 – 1934
Materials: paper
Techniques: printmaking
Location: paris
Artist: isaac israels
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1865 – 1934

Pagina 68 uit schetsboek XLV met 85 pagina's.
Liggend bokje bij een hek
Object type: print
Date: 1829 – 1829
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: netherlands
Artist: johannes mock
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1800 – 1884
Subjects: goat
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Eerste cataract bij Aswan, Egypte
Object type: photograph
Date: 1849 – 1851
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: salted paper print
Location: aswan
Subjects: river, waterfall
Inscriptions: caption: ‘Maxime Du Camp./ Gide et Baudry, Editeurs./ SORTIE DE LA PREMIÈRE CATARACTE./ Imprimerie Photographique de Blanquard-Evrard, à Lille./ Pl. 67.’, check stamp: ‘MACGILL/ 7/ HANOVER/ ST./ EDINR.’
Rebecca of the Desert
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: france
Artist: victor adam
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1801 – 1866
Mandala of the Bodhisattva Hannya (Prajnaparamita)
Object type: hanging scroll
Date: 1301 – 1400
Materials: gold, gold foil, ink, silk
Culture: japanese
Subjects: dragons,buddhism,bodhisattvas,deities,demons,musicians

The bodhisattva at the center of this mandala personifies the “perfection of wisdom,” a supreme understanding of the nature of things that is fundamental to Mahayana Buddhist teachings. The mandala would have been used during sutra recitations and other rituals. The bodhisattva, holding a scripture, is attended by Bonten and Taishakuten (Sanskrit: Brahma and Indra), major Hindu deities adopted into the Buddhist pantheon as protectors of the faith. The mandala imagines a tiered space with a series of gates leading from the outside in through increasingly sacred registers. A monk near a gate at the bottom is a reminder of the material world. At the periphery are dragons, a phoenix, and apsaras playing music. Dozens of demigods in the gray register serve as protectors of the Sixteen Benevolent Deities in the green area, and the holiest sector features the central triad on a blue platform.
Portret van een man met snor
Object type: photograph
Date: 1880 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: collodion silver print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: moustache, historical persons