deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Noordelijke zuilengalerij (peristilium) van de Tempel van Isis op het eiland Philae
Object type: photograph
Date: 1870 – 1898
Materials: cardboard, paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: philae
Subjects: temple, shrine ~ egyptian religion, colonnade
Inscriptions: negative number: ‘183’

Onderdeel van Reisalbum met 80 foto's van Egypte.
Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Object type: skyphos fragment
Date: 600 – 401
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Part of the bottom of the bowl of a skyphos; part of the foot; the outer edge of the foot is unglazed; the resting surface is unglazed; the inner wall of the foot is glazed; the underside is unglazed, with a black glazed circle in the center
Strafoefening. (11e eeuw)
Object type: print
Date: 1857 – 1864
Materials: paper
Techniques: tone lithography
Location: haarlem
Artist: david van der kellen (1827-1895)
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1827 – 1895
Subjects: prison, jail, instruments of torture, execution or punishment, netherlands

Twee geketende gevangenen en twee beulen met martelwerktuigen in een gevangenis in de 11e eeuw. Rechts een venster naar de straat.
Self-portrait of Peter Paul Rubens
Object type: print
Date: 1874 – 1874
Techniques: etching
Artist: Anonymous
Artist role: artist
Subjects: men,self-portraits
Polyptiek van ivoor met Maria met kind en verschillende religieuze voorstellingen
Object type: page
Date: 1871 – 1876
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: woodburytype
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: madonna: i.e. mary with the christ-child
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Pl. VII.’, inscription: ‘Exposition d'objets d'art religieux de Lille’, inscription: ‘M. Ozenfant, de Lille’
Portret van Nicolas Le Jay
Object type: print
Date: 1657 – 1657
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: paris
Subjects: ranks in the army, historical persons, armorial bearing, heraldry
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Brush holder with scholars
Object type: brush holder
Date: 1701 – 1900
Materials: lacquer
Techniques: carving
Culture: chinese
Subjects: human figures,buildings,horses
Plattegrond van de eerste verdieping van het Palazzo Lercari-Parodi te Genua
Object type: print
Date: 1622 – 1622
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: antwerp
Subjects: hôtel, i.e. small palace in city - aa - civic architecture: inside, plan ~ architecture

Deze prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Saint Sebastian Tied to a Tree (reverse copy)
Object type: print
Techniques: engraving
Artist: albrecht dürer
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1471 – 1528
Subjects: arrows,suffering,trees,saints
Details eines Vierländer Hauses
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1898 – 1903
Materials: paper
Techniques: autotype
Subjects: façade (of house or building), farm or solitary house in landscape
Inscriptions: monogram: ‘BX’
Band
Object type: band
Date: 1624 – 1624
Materials: metal thread, silk
Techniques: embroidery
Subjects: flowers
Recueil des combats de Jean-Bart, chef d'Escadre sous Louis XIV
Object type: history print
Date: 1806 – 1806
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: paris
Artist: yves marie le gouaz
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1742 – 1816
Subjects: battle (+ naval force)

Treffen tussen een vloot onder Jan Bart en een Hollandse vloot, 18 juni 1696. Onderdeel van een serie over de daden van de Vlaamse kaper in Franse dienst Jan Bart.
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac
Object type: print
Date: 1635 – 1637
Techniques: engraving
Artist: claude mellan
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1598 – 1688
Subjects: men,portraits
Portret van Marie Corelli
Object type: photomechanical print
Materials: paper
Techniques: autotype
Location: london
Subjects: portrait of a writer
Inscriptions: name: ‘Marie Corelli’
Covered Vase
Object type: vase
Date: 1886 – 1890
Materials: earthenware
Techniques: gilding, glazing
Culture: american
Location: united states
Artist: edward lycett
Artist role: designer
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1833 – 1910
Subjects: flowers

Because of its massive size, this Near Eastern–inspired bottle-form vase is one of the most important examples of the Faience Manufacturing Company's work. It may have belonged to the eminent ceramic historian Dr. Edwin AtLee Barber, who acquired a vase of the same size, shape, and decoration at auction in 1910. On the lower body, broad bands of Mazarine blue, a difficult-to-achieve glaze for which the firm was renowned, are painted with powdered gold and gilt vermiculation. On the upper body and neck, raised gold-paste butterflies flutter among chrysanthemums of Far Eastern derivation on an ivory-glazed ground.
Box
Object type: box
Date: 1751 – 1775
Materials: gilt copper, porcelain
Subjects: human figures,landscapes
Card 875, Mrs. Langtry, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 2) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes
Object type: photograph
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: allen & ginter
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 2), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.
Shoes
Object type: shoe
Date: 1775 – 1850
Materials: leather
Culture: american or european
Ouder Kerk
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1736 – 1773
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jan caspar philips
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1700 – 1775
Subjects: prospect of village, silhouette of village, river, church (exterior), public road in village, bridge in village across river, canal, etc.
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2233, collector's mark: Lugt 195

Prent ook gebruikt in: Schoemaker, Gerrit ed. Daniel Willinks Amstellandsche Arkadia, of beschryving van de gelegenheit, toestant en gebeurtenissen van Amstellandt, met deszelfs onderhoorige dorpen, heerlykheden, ambachten, lusthoven, wateren, enz. (…). 2 delen. 1e druk. Amsterdam: Arend van Huyssteen, 1737, dl. 1, p. 130. Of in: Schoemaker, Gerrit ed. Daniel Willinks Amstellandsche Arkadia, of beschryving van de gelegenheit, toestant en gebeurtenissen van Amstellandt, met deszelfs onderhoorige dorpen, heerlykheden, ambachten, lusthoven, wateren, enz. (…). 2 delen. 2e druk. Utrecht: Samuel de Waal, 1773, dl. 1, p. 125.
Colonel of Cavalry, Greece, 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: military,swords,men,profiles

Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.
Oceaanhaven Belawan
Object type: photograph
Date: 1922 – 1922
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: belawan
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: harbour, building-site, tug, pusher tug
Inscriptions: date: ‘31/8-22’, inscription: ‘No. 191 / Sleepboot "Cornelis"’

De sleepboot 'Cornelis'. Genummerd: 192. Onderdeel van de groep van losse foto's over de aanleg van de haven Belawan aan de kust voor Medan, Sumatra 1921-1922.
Portret van een onbekende vrouw
Object type: carte de visite
Date: 1870 – 1876
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: roermond
Artist: august diepenbach
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1837 – 1876
Subjects: adult woman, anonymous historical person portrayed
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘De plaat blijft voor nabestelling bewaard.’
Piece from a Kosode with Incomplete Floral Pattern
Object type: piece
Date: 1615 – 1868
Materials: gold leaf, silk
Techniques: damask, dyeing, resist
Culture: japanese
Jar
Object type: jar
Date: 701 – 900
Materials: earthenware
Location: iran
Twee gezichten op Den Haag en Delft
Object type: print
Date: 1827 – 1833
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: dordrecht
Subjects: sailing-ship, sailing-boat, city-view in general; 'veduta', windmill in landscape, the hague, delft
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘allerzeldzaamst’

Het gezicht op Den Haag is gezien vanaf het water. Op de rechteroever van de rivier staat een molen en zijn twee figuren met karren in de weer. Op het water liggen een zeil- en roeiboot. Het gezicht op Delft laat een deel van de stadsmuur zien vanaf het water. Links komt een zeilboot met daarin een figuur aangevaren.
Drie Gratiën
Object type: print
Date: 1786 – 1787
Materials: paper
Techniques: color aquatint
Location: france
Subjects: graces (charites), generally three in number; 'gratie' (ripa)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2760

De drie gratiën staand naakt in een landschap.
Winter
Object type: print
Date: 1920 – 1920
Materials: paper, watercolor
Techniques: hand coloring
Artist: julie de graag
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1877 – 1924
Subjects: winter landscape; landscape symbolizing winter (the four seasons of the year), farm or solitary house in landscape
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Vier kale bomen bij een boerderij met een schuur en een stal in een besneeuwd landschap.
Parody of the Third Princess and Her Pet Cat
Object type: print
Date: 1772 – 1772
Techniques: woodblock print, hashira
Location: japan
Artist: isoda koryusai
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1735 – 1790
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 460 – 450
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, bearded satyr to right, holding an oinochoe in his left hand and a drinking horn in his right hand; the satyr to left is taking a sip out of the drinking horn; Exterior, frontal, bearded male to right, with his left arm extended, and his bent right arm behind him, getting ready to throw a rock; tip of beard of draped man to left, with his right arm bent, and his left arm extended behind him with his himation draped over it; draped, bearded man to right holding a spear in his right hand, advancing towards the helmeted warrior in front of him who holds a sword over his head, and a shield in his left; handle palmette and tendrils; Reverse, helmeted warrior to right wearing a himation; draped warrior, with a helmet and frontal face, holding a spear in his right hand, and a shield in his left hand; bearded, helmeted warrior to right, on a horse, with a spear in his right hand, and a shield in his left; complete handle, part of handle patch, and palmettes and tendrils; gigantomachy?
Corset
Object type: corset
Date: 1820 – 1839
Materials: cotton, silk
Culture: american
Portret van een vrouw in mantel met bont
Object type: photograph
Date: 1860 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: william daniel darnell
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1833 – 1911
Subjects: adult woman, head-gear, historical persons, coat, cape
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘37, Chandos Street/ Charing Cross’, inscription: ‘Artist and Photographer/ W. Darnel/ Copies may be had at any time’
Tekstblad bij een prent van een plataan
Object type: text sheet
Date: 1801 – 1801
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: london
Artist: william miller
Artist role: bookseller, printer, publisher
Artist dates: 1769 – 1844
Subjects: dunblane
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Tekstblad gebruikt in: Scotia Depicta; or the antiquities, castles, public buildings, noblemen (...). Londen: William Miller, 1801.
Herders en reizigers bij een fontein in een landschap met ruïnes
Object type: print
Date: 1739 – 1786
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: france
Subjects: herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc., landscape with ruins, utilitarian, public pump or water fountain
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Stockings
Object type: stocking
Date: 1890 – 1890
Materials: cotton
Culture: american
Slag bij St. Denis, 1678
Object type: print
Date: 1678 – 1678
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: the hague, william iii (prince of orange and king of england, scotland, and ireland), politician, carlos de aragón de gurrea (9th duke of villahermosa), rotterdam, london, equestrian state-portrait, battle, fighting in general

Grote voorstelling van slag bij St. Denis op 14 augustus 1678. Links op de voorgrond prins Willem III naast de hertog van Monmouth te paard met andere leden van zijn staf. Gezicht op het slagveld, rechtsonder de hertog van Villahermosa. In de lucht vliegt Faam blazend op haar bazuin, in de hand een cartouche met de legenda's 1-58 en A-Z in het Frans.
Lobed Jar with Melons
Object type: vessel
Materials: porcelain
Techniques: painting, underglaze
Location: china
Magic Wand
Object type: magic wand
Date: 1900 – 1640
Materials: ivory
Location: egypt
Subjects: animals
Keizer Claudius
Object type: portretmedaillon
Date: 1782 – 1784
Materials: porcelain
Location: loosdrecht

Five portrait medallions of the Roman Emperors Augustus, Claudius, Vespasian, Titus and Domitian. Biscuit porcelain. Loosdrecht, c. 1778 - 1782. Factory of Joannes de Mol.
Tostao of 100 reis uit Portugal van koning Luiz I, 1878
Object type: coin
Date: 1878 – 1878
Materials: silver
Techniques: striking

Zilveren munt. Voorzijde: hoord van de koning naar links. Daaronder jaartal. Keerzijde: tussen twee samengebonden takken waarde-aanduiding in twee regels. Kartelrand.
Interior of Christ Church
Object type: print
Date: 1816 – 1816
Materials: paper
Techniques: aquatint, hand coloring
Location: england
Artist: daniel havell
Artist nationality: english
Artist dates: 1785 – 1826
Düsseldorf. Kriegerdenkmal
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1905 – 1911
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: photograph, writing
Location: dusseldorf
Subjects: park, avenue, boulevard, promenade, esplanade
Inscriptions: postage stamp
Heilige Hiëronymus
Object type: print
Date: 1666 – 1711
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: southern netherlands
Artist: louis de deyster
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1656 – 1711
Subjects: st. jerome as penitent in the desert, half naked, kneeling before a crucifix and holding a stone in his hand to beat his breast; a skull (and other 'vanitas' symbols), sometimes a scorpion and a snake beside him
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
John W. Harding
Object type: photograph
Date: 1876 – 1881
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: adult man
Twaalf kunstplaten voorstellende de gevolgen en de belooning van ondeugd en deugd
Object type: print
Date: 1837 – 1840
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: the hague
Subjects: scholar in his study, interior of the house
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

In de rand symbolen die verwijzen naar deugd zoals het geven van een aalmoes, noeste arbeid en een ridderorde.
Hand
Object type: schetsblad
Date: 1880 – 1900
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen
Location: netherlands
Artist: johanna behrend-croiset van der kop
Artist role: draughtsman, painter
Artist dates: 1861 – 1943
Saint Jerome kneeling before a crucifix, from "Piccoli Santi" (Small Saints)
Object type: print
Date: 1500 – 1527
Techniques: engraving
Artist: marcantonio raimondi
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1475 – 1534
Subjects: saint jerome,crucifixion
Object type: elder of the apocalypse
Date: 1145 – 1155
Materials: plaster
Techniques: casting
Culture: french
Subjects: men,apocalypse
Squat lekythos
Object type: squat lekythos
Date: 330 – 320
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek or south italian or campanian
Artist: apz painter
Artist role: artist
Subjects: men,women
Paolo and Francesca (Paolo und Francesca groß, Hochformat)
Object type: print
Date: 1913 – 1913
Techniques: drypoint
Artist: wilhelm lehmbruck
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1881 – 1919
Subjects: male nudes,female nudes
Vijzel met opschrift: GERRIT TONISSEN HEFT MI LATEN GIETEN Ao 1568
Object type: mortar
Date: 1568 – 1568
Materials: bronze
Techniques: casting
Location: deventer
Artist: willem wegewart (i)
Artist dates: 1520 – 1600
Subjects: anthropomorphic ornament, ram's head ~ ornament, ornament derived from plant forms
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘GERRIT TONISSEN HEFT MI LATEN GIETEN Ao 1568’, monogram: ‘EV’

Mortar and pestle with inscription: GERRIT TONISSEN HEFT MI LATEN GIETEN Ao 1568. (Gerrit Tonissen had me cast Ao 1568). Bronze. Deventer, 1568, Willem Wegewart the Elder (?).
Uylskuyken
Object type: popular print
Date: 1731 – 1732
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: haarlem
Subjects: caricatures (human types)

Koddige figuur, in het onderschrift in de overzichtsprent draagt deze figuur de naam: Uylskuyken. Onderdeel van het boekje: XXXVI. aartige figuuren, geinventeert door Izaak van Ostade tot Haarlem [1731-1732].
Pitcher
Object type: pitcher
Date: 1800 – 1830
Materials: glass
Techniques: glassblowing
Culture: american
Location: united states
Portret van Jakob Robert Steiger
Object type: print
Date: 1822 – 1845
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: dordrecht
Subjects: sitting figure, city-view in general; 'veduta', historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

De geportretteerde zit op een stoel en heeft een beschreven stuk papier in zijn linkerhand. Onder het portret een stadsgezicht.
Zeegezichten en afbeeldingen van schepen
Object type: print
Date: 1730 – 1760
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: netherlands
Subjects: sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Kopie in spiegelbeeld. Schepen op een ruige zee. Rechts een ijzeren varken, een aan de Overijsselse pot verwant scheepstype, en links een waterschip, ook wel Zuiderzee vissersboot.
Gezicht op een huis op het platteland
Object type: page
Date: 1898 – 1903
Materials: paper
Techniques: autotype
Location: berlin
Artist: otto erhardt
Artist role: fotograaf, leraar
Artist dates: 1869 – 1942
Subjects: rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage
Portret van een vrouw
Object type: photograph
Date: 1860 – 1890
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: luxembourg city
Subjects: historical persons - bb - woman
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Etablissement/ Photographique de/ Ch. Brandebourg fils/ Luxembourg/ Coin Avenue Amelie et Boulevard du Prince (...)’
Portretten van vrouwen
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1938 – 1938
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: adult woman, shower, historical persons

Een portret van Truus Haenen bij een douche en een portret van Truus Haenen met een andere vrouw. Deze pagina is onderdeel van een album.
Various Designs for Rocaille Ornaments, Plate 3 from: 'Fortsezung von unterschielichen Auszierungen zu allerleij nüzlich anzuwenden'
Object type: album print ornament architecture
Techniques: etching
Artist: jeremias wachsmuth
Artist role: artist and engraver
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1712 – 1771
Subjects: ornament,cornucopia

Ornament print with designs for rocaille ornaments for various applications, in the center one of the ornaments forms a cornucopia. This print is bound in an album containing 27 series with a total of 122 ornament prints from the fund of the prominent Augsburg publisher Martin Engelbrecht.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 600 – 401
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, two thin black glazed lines from the tondo border
Surugadai, from the series "Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Toto Meisho)"
Object type: print
Date: 1832 – 1833
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: utagawa kuniyoshi
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1797 – 1861
Figuurstudies
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: postures of the human figure

Blad 8 recto uit schetsboek XIII met 25 bladen.
De Bezem
Object type: print
Date: 1711 – 1711
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jan luyken
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1649 – 1712
Subjects: shrubs: broom, sweeping (~ cleaning the house)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Proefdruk van illustratie voor: Luyken, Jan. Het leerzaam huisraad, vertoond in vyftig konstige figuuren, met godlyke spreuken en stichtelyke verzen: Pieter Arentsz. II (wed.) en Cornelis van der Sys, 1711, p. 146.
The Actor Segawa Kikunojo III as Aigo no Waka in the Play Chigo Sakura Jusan Kane, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1774
Object type: print
Date: 1774 – 1774
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: katsukawa shunsho 勝川 春章
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1726 – 1792
Ex libris van W.G. Zwolle
Object type: bookplate
Date: 1938 – 1938
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: netherlands
Artist: j. van bakkum
Artist role: print maker
Subjects: farmers, sunrise, spading ~ soil cultivation
Soldiers Going into Battle
Object type: drawing
Date: 1795 – 1844
Materials: ink
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: vincenzo camuccini
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1771 – 1844
Subjects: battles,soldiers,men,women,chariots
Ontwerp voor titelpagina voor Alle de werken van Adriaan de Kramer, 1736
Object type: drawing
Date: 1736 – 1736
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: brush, pen
Artist: jan caspar philips
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1700 – 1775
Subjects: leiden, abundance; 'abondanza', 'abondanza maritima' (ripa), temperance, moderation; 'misura' (ripa)
Bowl with Stylized Leaves
Object type: vessel
Materials: iron, stoneware
Techniques: painting, underglaze
Location: china
Cased Pair of Percussion Pistols
Object type: cased pair of percussion pistol
Date: 1850 – 1850
Materials: brass, gold, steel, velvet, wood
Culture: french
Location: france
Artist: louis-julien gastinne-renette
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1812 – 1885
Handschoen in leverkleurig zeemleer
Object type: glove
Date: 1926 – 1950
Materials: leather
Location: western europe
Artist: Anonymous

Linker handschoen in leverkleurig zeemleer. Op de rug drie uitstralende koorden.
Portret van een Russische cavaleriesoldaat in wintertenue
Object type: photograph
Date: 1903 – 1904
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: russia
Artist: joseph cheetham
Artist role: engineer
Subjects: land forces (+ cavalry, horsemen), hacking and thrusting weapons (with name), (military) uniforms, russia

Onderdeel van Fotoalbum van de Engelse familie Cheetham met opnames van hun verblijf in Rusland.
Armored Guardian King (Tianwang) Trampling Demon
Object type: sculpture
Materials: earthenware, glaze, lead
Location: china

This clay figure depicting the evil-quelling guardian king is one of a pair. Images of such guardian kings, or Tianwang, have appeared both in and beyond China. In Indian mythology, these deities were believed to watch over the four directional quarters of the universe. Devotees of Buddhism adopted and popularized guardian kings throughout Central and East Asia. In Tang-dynasty China, images of these guardian kings, seen as embodiments of cosmic power, were installed to defend both secular and religious sites. Monumental images of stone or wood were created for Buddhist temples. Smaller examples like this one were made of clay and buried in tombs to protect the deceased.
L'Idée Nouvelle
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: france
Artist: théophile-alexandre steinlen
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french, born switzerland
Artist dates: 1859 – 1923
Ein ney Furmbüchlein, Title page
Object type: book print ornament architecture
Date: 1525 – 1529
Techniques: woodcut
Artist: johann schönsperger the younger
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1490 – 1550