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Young Girl Carrying a Basket
Object type: drawing
Date: 1908 – 1908
Materials: ink
Techniques: pen
Artist: edwin austin abbey
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1852 – 1911
Subjects: girls,baskets

Abbey drew this holdiay card to send good wishes to "F.D." in 1908. An inscription on a signpost indicates that the recipient resided at the Cotswold village of Bibury, not far from Morgan Hall, Fairford, Gloucestershire, where Abbey and his wife Mary Gertrude lived from 1891.
Koeienstal met trap
Object type: print
Date: 1848 – 1909
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Artist: armand collard
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1838 – 1910
Subjects: barn, cow
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, mark: ‘Antwerpsche Etsers 1880’
Portret actrice Nel Knoop in geruite mantel, gegrimeerd en met sigaret
Object type: photograph
Date: 1930 – 1945
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jacob merkelbach
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1877 – 1942
Subjects: portrait of actor, actress
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Nel Knoop’
Bowl with Stylized Peonies
Object type: decorative art
Materials: clay, stoneware
Techniques: carving, celadon glazed, inlay, underglaze
Location: korea
Tile from the walls of Throne Room in Palace of Ramesses II
Object type: tile inlay, palace of ramesses ii, foreigner
Date: 1279 – 1213
Materials: faience
Location: egypt

This tile once decorated the palace of Ramesses II in Piramesse, which he made into one of the greatest royal cities of ancient Egypt. Thanks to the royal favor and its strategic location, Piramesse soon became an important international trade center and a cosmopolitan metropolis, boasting a harbor, a military base, and temples dedicated to various gods like Amun-Re-Harakhty-Atum, Seth, Astarte, etc. Poems were written in the city's praise, and its name, which translates as "The House of Ramesses, Beloved of Amun, Great of Victories" when fully written, came to us through the Old Testament as ‘Raamses.’ The tiles bear the names of Seti I, Ramesses II and later Ramesside kings, who renovated the palace and changed its decoration through the reigns. New tiles were made, and the old tiles may be have been dismantled and buried together. Based on the tiles, we can still reconstruct quite a number of the features of the palace that are now completely lost, including throne podiums, steps, windows of appearance, and faience sculptures. This rectangular relief plaque shows a Nubian raising his arms in adoration, and was probably set into the lower registers of wall decoration in the public rooms of the palace.
Kieвъ.-Андpeeвckaя цepkoвЬ.
Object type: page
Date: 1886 – 1896
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: kyiv
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: low hill country, church (exterior), façade (of house or building)
Bombay, India, Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC) , ½ pice voor Bombay, India, 1219, 1804
Object type: coin
Date: 1804 – 1804
Materials: copper
Techniques: striking

Koperen munt. Voorzijde: door twee op banderol, waarin opschrift, staande leeuwen met pijl, waaraan vlag, in de klauw, gehouden wapenschild van de EIC, waarboven helmteken. Jaartal onderaan. Keerzijde: weegschaal, waartussen in Arabische lettertekens opschrift: Adil en waaronder jaartal: 1219 [=1804]. Gladde rand. Geslagen in Engeland.
Horse and rider
Object type: statuette of a warrior on horse
Date: 400 – 201
Materials: terracotta
Culture: cypriot
Subjects: human figures,horses

The figurine is handmade and solid, with a mold-made face. The horse's right foreleg and most of both hind legs are missing; the ears are chipped. The rider's headdress (a mitra) is only partially preserved, including the ends hanging in front, one end at the back, and a strip around the nape.
Bad Kreuznach. Kurpark
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1907 – 1907
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: lithograph, writing
Location: bad kreuznach
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: park, restaurant
Inscriptions: date
Brief aan Jan Veth
Object type: letter
Date: 1886 – 1886
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen, writing
Location: genoa
Artist: jac van looij
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1855 – 1930
Subjects: august allebé, designer, jan veth, willem witsen, everhardus johannes potgieter, johann wolfgang von goethe, the hague, willem kloos, dordrecht, amsterdam, chap van deventer, drawing, diseases, venice
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RPK’
Lyk-staetsie van zyne doorluchtigste Hoogheid den Heere Willem Carel Hendrik Friso, Prince van Orange en Nassau (...) gehouden den IV Februari 1752
Object type: print
Date: 1752 – 1752
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: the hague
Subjects: the hague, willem iv (prins van oranje-nassau), military parade, pageant (+ infantry), cortege, funeral procession, delft

De Cent-Suisses. In de marge een onderschrift in het Nederlands, Frans en Engels. De prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Ex libris van George R. Alexander
Object type: bookplate
Date: 1800 – 1899
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: armorial bearing, heraldry
Weg in de bergen naast een beek
Object type: stereoscopic photograph
Date: 1907 – 1935
Materials: glass
Techniques: autochrome process
Location: switzerland
Artist: adolphe burdet
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1860 – 1940
Subjects: brook, public road, mountains, switzerland
A Smart
Object type: print
Techniques: aquatint, etching
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: satire,men
Vrouw lopend op een zandweg tussen Königswinter en Bad Honnef
Object type: photograph
Date: 1895 – 1905
Materials: paper
Techniques: collodion silver print
Location: north rhine-westphalia
Artist: david vermeulen
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: adult woman, strolling, road, path
Berglandschap met een brug over een vallei waarin stapels boomstammen liggen
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1808 – 1858
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: brush, pen
Location: gerlos
Artist: johannes tavenraat
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1809 – 1881
Subjects: dale, valley, wood, timber ~ building material, bridge, mountains
Inscriptions: date and inscription: ‘Gerlos 31/8 58/ zeer hooge [...]/ watervally/ en chaos van door eengevallen hout/ woester door/ [...]’

Blad 12 recto uit een schetsboek met 47 bladen.
Conceptbrief aan Jan Dunselman en conceptbrief aan anoniem
Object type: letter
Date: 1810 – 1886
Materials: ink
Techniques: pen, writing
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: haarlem, painter, print maker, draughtsman, jac van looij, den helder, jan dunselman, travelling; tourism, education, tuition of the artist (in general), diseases, money

Brief bevat aantekening van Jérôme Alexander Sillem.
Wierookdoos versierd met pijnbomen en pruimenbomen
Object type: kobako
Date: 1700 – 1800
Materials: lacquer, tin, wood
Location: japan
Artist: Anonymous

Buitenzijde deksel en doos versierd met pijn- en pruimenbomen in zilver en goud op een gouden fond.
Chasuble back
Object type: chasuble back
Date: 1850 – 1850
Materials: silk
Subjects: grapes,flowers,leaves

Worked in luridly synthetic dyes, this chasuble (14.102.480, .481) has been composed out of reclaimed patches of another textile of mediocre quality needle work, perhaps a bed coverlet, combined with patches of a low-quality, machine-woven silk.
Esther voor Ahasveros
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1689 – 1689
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: paris
Subjects: esther before ahasuerus (esther 5:1-4), title-page

Prent uit: Racine, Jean. Esther, Tragédie tirée de l'Escriture Sainte (...). Parijs: Denis Thierry, 1689.
10 cash voor Madras in India van de Engelse Oostindische Compagnie (EIC), 1803
Object type: coin
Date: 1803 – 1803
Materials: copper
Techniques: striking

Koperen munt. Voorzijde: door twee op banderol, waarin opschrift, staande leeuwen met pijl, waaraan vlag, in de klauw, gehouden wapenschild van de EIC, waarboven helmteken. Jaartal onderaan. Keerzijde: Bovenaan in drie regels waarde-aanduiding in Arabische lettertekens. In afsnede waarde-aanduiding in het Engels: X. Cash. Gladde rand. Geslagen in Engeland.
Carinated lentoid seal
Object type: stamp seal
Date: 5000 – 3001
Materials: mineral, stone
Location: eastern anatolia
Bandontwerp voor: Jack London, Chechaquo onder de goudzoekers (Chechaquo and old timers), 1958
Object type: drawing
Materials: paint, paper, pencil
Techniques: brush, snipping
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: ankle - aa - female human figure, ice ~ freezing weather, camp-fire; watch-fire
Inscriptions: name: ‘teekening/ voor/ reproductie: jac. nuiver/ noorder amstellaan 127 amsterdam/ telefoon 21254 postrekening 81326’, :, collector's mark: Lugt 2228a

Een man en vrouw zitten op een besneeuwde helling bij een kampvuur. Ze dragen winterkleding en hebben tassen en een stok bij zich. De man knielt voor de vrouw en pakt haar blote enkel vast.
Kris with Sheath
Object type: kris with sheath
Date: 1501 – 1900
Materials: copper, gold, steel, wood
Culture: javanese
Location: indonesia
Two Boats in a Storm
Object type: painting
Date: 1870 – 1875
Materials: canvas, oil, paint
Techniques: painting
Location: france
Artist: jules dupré
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1811 – 1889
Subjects: storms, boats, clouds, ocean, sailing, sky, travel, waves, weather/seasons
Rosette
Object type: rosette
Materials: brass
Culture: german
Location: germany
Ono no Komachi at Seki Temple, from the series The Fashionable Seven Komachi (Furyu nana Komachi)
Object type: print
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: chobunsai eishi
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1756 – 1829
Portret van Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
Object type: print
Date: 1769 – 1828
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Artist: eberhard siegfried henne
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1759 – 1828
Subjects: kalkar, commander-in-chief, general, marshal, historical persons

Met eenregelig onderschrift in het Duits.
The Awkward Squad or Enraged Sergeant
Object type: print
Techniques: etching
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: satire,military,firearms,men
Gouda. Tiendewegsbrug
Object type: ansichtkaart, prentbriefkaart
Date: 1908 – 1908
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: photograph
Location: gouda
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: canals, waters (in village), bridge in village across river, canal, etc., gouda
Inscriptions: date
Brougham #3424
Object type: drawing
Date: 1878 – 1878
Materials: gouache, gum arabic, 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
Onderstel van tin voor kraantjeskan
Object type: onderstel
Date: 1775 – 1812
Materials: copper, tin, wood
Techniques: casting, turning
Location: netherlands
Artist: carel lodewijk schurffius
Artist role: pewterers
Artist dates: 1743 – 1812
Inscriptions: quality mark

Blad van tin dat dient als onderstel voor de kraantjeskan. Op de drie houten pootjes ligt een blad met een opstaande, opengewerkte band. Daar bovenop staat een komfoor op drie poten. De bovenrand van het comfoor is versierd met een opengewerkte band met guirlandes.
Interieur van de Hollandsche Manege
Object type: drawing
Date: 1883 – 1883
Materials: paper, pencil
Location: amsterdam
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: riding-school, manège
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘manege vondelstraat’, date: ‘Manege 18.5.83’

Onderwerpsrubriek binnen de Atlas Amsterdam: Manegegebouwen.
Death of Atilius Regulus
Object type: print
Date: 1662 – 1662
Materials: paper
Techniques: drypoint, etching
Location: italy
Artist: salvator rosa
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1615 – 1673

Salvator Rosa paired this large-scale etching with a similarly oversize print of the crucifixion of Polycrates (the painting is also in the Art Institute collection, 1942.292). He dedicated this etching—depicting the gruesome end of the stalwart Roman consul Atilius Regulus at the hands of the Carthaginians—to his best friend, Giovanni Battista Riccardi, urging him to stay strong in the face of adverse fortune, just as Atilius Regulus “remains a firm center in the midst of so many nails.”
Uninscribed shabti
Object type: shabti, uninscribed
Date: 1070 – 720
Materials: faience
Location: egypt
Korean Embassy Parade
Object type: print
Date: 1682 – 1682
Techniques: hand coloring, woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: hishikawa moronobu
Stoet vluchtelingen
Object type: print
Date: 1892 – 1892
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, intaglio
Artist: romain looymans
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1864 – 1914
Subjects: political refugee, 'émigré'
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘1e état, épreuve unique/ Album des XIII 1892’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Latere staat van deze prent in de suite XIII, 1892. Dit was een periodieke uitgave van de kunstenaarskring Cercle des XIII.
Das Neuw Grottesken Buch Nürnberg 1610
Object type: ornament print
Date: 1573 – 1610
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: germany
Artist: christoph jamnitzer
Artist role: draughtsman, goldsmith, print maker
Artist dates: 1563 – 1618

De aap rijdt op een fantastisch wezen met een slakkenhuis als lichaam en de rat rijdt op een fantastisch wezen met een geweldige hoorn op zijn snuit. Blad uit een serie vlakdecoraties met grotesken, cartouches, ovalen, mascarons, putti en fantastische wezens. De serie bestaat uit drie titelbladen, twee tekstbladen met de opdracht en het voorwoord en 60 bladen, verdeeld over drie boeken.
Vessel shaped earrings with twisted wire upper parts
Object type: earring, vessel shaped
Materials: gold
Location: egypt
Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Object type: skyphos fragment
Date: 475 – 451
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Part of the lower body of a skyphos; torus foot with glazed outer edge; the resting surface is unglazed; the inner wall of the foot is glazed; the underside of the foot is unglazed
Gezicht op het Borden Wood House
Object type: page
Date: 1884 – 1889
Materials: paper
Techniques: photolithography
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: villa
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Wm C. Marshall, M.A. Architect/ The Architectural Illustration Society. Second Series. Plate No.141’

Prent op zesde ongenummerde pagina na pagina 134.
Gezicht op de omgeving van Palermo
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1850 – 1880
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: palermo
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: outskirts of city, mountains
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Panorama des environs de Palermes’
Marba en Eckart Titzenthaler, kinderen van de fotograaf, met haan op het dakterras van het woonhuis in de Friedrichstrasse, Berlijn
Object type: photograph
Date: 1918 – 1920
Materials: paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: berlin
Artist: waldemar titzenthaler
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1869 – 1937
Subjects: berlin, engineer, boy (child between toddler and youth), girl (child between toddler and youth), fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.)
Design for a room with two fireplaces
Object type: drawing
Date: 1860 – 1860
Materials: gouache, ink, watercolor
Techniques: pen
Artist: john dibblee crace
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1838 – 1919
Subjects: fireplaces,interiors
Art - Goût - Beauté, Feuillets de l' élégance féminine, Janvier 1924, No. 41, 4e Année, p. 21
Object type: magazine
Date: 1924 – 1924
Materials: paper
Techniques: printing, lithograph, photography
Subjects: brooch, agraffe, clasp (+ women's clothes), fashion plates, bracelet, wristlet (+ women's clothes)

Tekst 'Les bijoux a la mode' met vier illustraties van sieraden van 'G. Mauboussin, 3, Rue de Choiseul, Paris: Broche / Broche / Bracelet-Montre / Bracelet.' Pagina uit het modetijdschrift Art-Goût-Beauté (1920-1933).
Brief aan Philip Zilcken
Object type: letter
Date: 1898 – 1898
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen, printing, writing
Location: naples
Artist: vittorio pica
Artist role: criticus
Artist dates: 1864 – 1930
Subjects: painter, philip zilcken, printed matter
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RPK’
Dish
Object type: dish
Date: 1667 – 1733
Materials: earthenware
Techniques: glazing
Subjects: snakes,trees,adam,eve
Gezicht op de Waalse Kerk en het Sint-Jorishof te Amsterdam
Object type: print
Date: 1663 – 1664
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jacob van meurs
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker, publisher
Artist dates: 1619 – 1680
Subjects: alms-house (dutch: 'hofje'), church (exterior), courtyard
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 195

Huidige staat van prent ook gebruikt in: Dapper, Olfert. Historische beschryving der stadt Amsterdam: waer in de voornaemste geschiedenissen (na een kort verhael van gansch Hollant en d'omleggende dorpen (…). Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1663.* En in: Zesen, Philipp von. Beschreibung der Stadt Amsterdam: darinnen von derselben ersten Ursprunge bis auf gegenwärtigen Zustand (…). Amsterdam: Joachim Nosche, 1664.

* In sommige exemplaren van deze uitgave komt de huidige staat van de prent voor. In andere exemplaren is een latere staat ingebonden, waarop boven de Nederlandse een Franse titel is toegevoegd.
Claude de France
Object type: print
Date: 1818 – 1842
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228a
Gezicht op een stad aan het water
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1780 – 1800
Materials: paper, pencil, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Subjects: city-view, and landscape with man-made constructions, landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone), rowing-boat, canoe, etc.
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘agt bossen’

Tevens een studie van een boot aan een waterkant. Op de achtergrond een gebouw. Blad 25 recto uit een schetsboek met 25 bladen.
Sampler
Object type: sampler
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: cotton, lace
De Heilige Hiëronymus in zijn studeervertrek
Object type: print
Date: 1511 – 1511
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: nuremberg
Artist: albrecht dürer
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1471 – 1528
Subjects: st. jerome as doctor of the latin church in his study with book, pen and ink; lion and cardinal's hat beside him
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark

De Heilige Hiëronymus zit in een studeervertrek te schrijven aan een lezenaar bij een gordijn. Op de voorgrond ligt een leeuw.
Dobbelfiguur, drie stuks, waarvan twee een stel vormen
Object type: die
Date: 1600 – 1699
Materials: ivory
Artist: Anonymous

Dobbelfiguur, drie stuks, van gesneden ivoor, waarvan twee een stel vormen. Opmerking: zwart aangeslagen.
Leather armchair
Object type: armchair
Date: 1725 – 1745
Materials: wood
Culture: american
Location: mid-atlantic

Armchairs with serpentine backs, boldly carved hand terminals, and turned front posts were made in both Boston and Philadelphia during the second quarter of the eighteenth century. This armchair has a history of ownership in New York, where leather chairs of this crooked-back design were not produced. It was probably imported from Boston, which, unlike Philadelphia, had a large export trade in leather chairs.
Heilgroet aan den doorluchtigsteen vorst en heere Willem Carel Henrik Friso, Prince van Oranje en Nassau (...)
Object type: text sheet
Date: 1748 – 1748
Materials: silk
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: the hague, willem iv (prins van oranje-nassau), amsterdam
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Heilgroet uitgebracht aan prins Willem IV bij zijn bezoek aan Amsterdam, uitgesproken op 7 september 1748. Vers van 22 regels.
Bever (Castor)
Object type: drawing
Date: 1596 – 1610
Materials: chalk, paint, paper, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Subjects: rodents: beaver

Bever. Rechtsboven genummerd: 9. Onderdeel van het eerste album met tekeningen van viervoeters. Eerste van twaalf albums met tekeningen van dieren, vogels en planten bekend rond 1600, gemaakt in opdracht van keizer Rudolf II. Met toelichting in Nederlands, Latijn en Frans.
Zieke koning kroont zijn zoon en een rechtszaak
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1514 – 1532
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Subjects: court session (court of justice), family of the sovereign

Deze prent is gebruikt in: Petrarca, Francesco. Von der Artzney bayder Glück, des guten und widerwertigen: unnd weß sich ain yeder inn Gelück und Unglück halten sol (...). Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner, 1532. Deze uitgave is ook bekend onder de titel 'Trostspiegel in Glück und Unglück'.

Deze prent is ook gebruikt in: Cicero, Marcus Tulius. Officia M.T.C. Ein Buch so Marcus Tullius Cicero der Römer zu seynem (...). [Vertaald uit het Latijn door] Johann von Schwarzenberg. Augsburg: Heinrich Steiner, 1531.
Fotoreproductie van een prent van een kinderbacchanaal
Object type: page
Date: 1852 – 1857
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: salted paper print
Subjects: children's bacchanal
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Duch. Essai pag 319. Z. col. Bisard’
Sutra Cover with Prunus Scroll
Object type: sutra cover
Date: 1501 – 1600
Materials: silk
Techniques: damask
Culture: chinese
Ragini, possibly Asavari: Folio from a Ragamala Series
Object type: folio
Date: 1700 – 1710
Materials: ink, paper, watercolor
Culture: indian
Subjects: women,snakes,trees

In this pictorial metaphor for a raga (a musical phrase that is used as the basis for improvisation), a lady charms the snakes entwining the adjacent trees. The tree motifs frame the young woman, seen against a monochromatic ground with arching skyline, gesturing to the snakes who respond to her movements. In a related theme, the Abhiri Ragini, the woman feeds the snakes milk from a bowl.
Bohumil Bondy
Object type: page
Date: 1888 – 1893
Materials: paper
Techniques: autotype
Location: prague
Subjects: adult man