deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Diverses Pieces de Serruriers, page 15 (recto)
Object type: album print ornament architecture
Date: 1663 – 1663
Techniques: engraving
Artist: jean berain
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1640 – 1711

Engravings by Jean I Berain, French, Saint-Mihiel 1640-1711 Paris and Gabriel Ladame, French, active 1645-68. Designs published by Francois Langlois after Hughes Brisville, French, born ca. 1633, active Paris 1663. From top to bottom, and left to right: Design is in the shape of a rectangle and is decorated in the center with a composite nude figure whose bottom half and head form acanthus leaves that attach to two twisting and intertwining vines. Each vine terminates in a bird's head.
Barmhartige Samaritaan
Object type: print
Date: 1603 – 1652
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: northern netherlands
Subjects: dusk, evening twilight, the good samaritan (luke 10:30-37), the samaritan sets the wounded traveller on his mount (ass or horse), and brings him to an inn, evening ~ landscape (sometimes titled 'vesper')
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘no F 78’

De barmhartige Samaritaan voert de gewonde reiziger op zijn ezel door een donker landschap. Linksachter de ruïne van een kasteel op een heuvel. Prent uit een serie van vier.
La Trinité
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1872 – 1877
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Location: antwerp
Subjects: god the father holding the crucified or dead christ
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘(Musée d'Anvers)/ Pl. XVI. Déposé.’
Boni et mali scientia
Object type: print
Date: 1583 – 1583
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: antwerp
Subjects: story of tubalcain, the first blacksmith, smith, blacksmith, spinning (manufacture of yarn)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Tubal-Kaïn in zijn smidse. Rechts zijn zus Naäma die garen spint. De prent heeft een Latijns onderschrift.
Saltcellar
Object type: saltcellar
Materials: clay
Techniques: inlay, tinting
Culture: french
Subjects: boys,male nudes,coat of arms
Teapot with a Decoration of Lions
Object type: lid
Date: 1775 – 1799
Materials: stoneware
Techniques: firing, forming, relief
Location: china
Artist: Anonymous

The potter designed a special knop, or handle, for the lid: a reclining lion in front of a spinning ball. The same motif is mirrored on the teapot’s body, where two lions play with an openwork ball. In Chinese culture, lions (shizi), carry positive connotations as they are believed to ward off malevolent spirits and usher in good fortune.
[Follett Family Album of Children Costumed for a Fancy Dress Ball]
Object type: cabinet card
Date: 1880 – 1880
Materials: glass
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: owen angel
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1821 – 1909
Subjects: girls,portraits
Leyden Street, Plymouth
Object type: page
Date: 1881 – 1886
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: leyden street
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: street
Celebes
Object type: print
Date: 1843 – 1845
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: indonesia
Subjects: waterfall, landscapes in the non-temperate zone, exotic landscapes

Genummerd linksboven: Pl. XXXVIII. De prent maakt deel uit van een omslag met acht bladen.
Geschiedenis van Willem Tell
Object type: popular print
Date: 1874 – 1888
Materials: paper
Techniques: colour, letterpress printing, lithograph
Location: europe
Subjects: william tell
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Blad met 16 voorstellingen uit het leven van Willem Tell. Onder elke voorstelling een onderschrift in het Nederlands. Genummerd rechtsboven: No. 550.
Zonder titel (Vrouw in landschap)
Object type: print
Date: 1936 – 1936
Materials: paper
Techniques: linocut
Artist: tinus van doorn
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1905 – 1940
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘1936’, monogram: ‘T’, signature: ‘T. van Doorn’

Een vrouwelijk naakt staat met haar rechter arm opgeheven, reikend naar vruchten aan de fruitboom achter haar, in een natuurlijke omgeving met planten, bloem en vogel.
Vignet van Atelier voor Boekversieringen te Hilversum
Object type: design
Materials: paint, ink
Techniques: brush, pen
Artist: reinier willem petrus de vries (1874-1953)
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1874 – 1953
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘R:MVS.’
Buckle
Object type: buckle
Date: 1401 – 1600
Materials: bronze, patina
Culture: european
Location: germany
Courtiers in a Rose Garden: A Lady and Two Gentlemen
Object type: tapestry
Date: 1440 – 1450
Materials: silk, wool, thread
Culture: south netherlandish
Subjects: men,women,cats,monkeys,roses
Mannen en vrouwen spelen een bordspel in een woonkamer
Object type: photograph
Date: 1900 – 1910
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: collodion silver print
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: interior of the house, board-games

Onderdeel van Familiealbum met onder meer foto's van Wijnhandel Kraaij & Co. Bordeaux-Amsterdam.
Portret van Septime Marie Vecchiotti
Object type: print
Date: 1855 – 1895
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: albertus anthonius nunnink
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1816 – 1895
Subjects: clergyman, historical persons, diplomacy, diplomat, organization, functionaries and dignitaries in roman catholic church; clergy in general
Gezicht op een straat met een poort
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Materials: chalk
Location: istanbul
Artist: marius bauer
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1867 – 1932
Subjects: dome ~ architecture, street
Inscriptions: kleurnotitie, handgeschreven

Pagina 38 uit een schetsboek met 54 bladen.
Terracotta fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)
Object type: skyphos fragment
Date: 500 – 468
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Part of a foot to right; calves and feet to right
Carel van den Berg met zijn vader en tantes in een roeiboot in Klarenbeek, rechts op een grasveld
Object type: photograph
Materials: paper, cardboard
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: klarenbeek
Artist: hendrik herman van den berg
Artist role: amateurfotograaf, jurist
Artist dates: 1875 – 1944
Subjects: batavia, hendrik herman van den berg, carel frederik van den berg (cay), rowing-boat, canoe, etc.

Deze foto's zijn onderdeel van een album.
Mannelijk naakt, genield op de linkerknie, naar links
Object type: drawing
Date: 1780 – 1824
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: derk anthony van de wart
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1767 – 1824
Subjects: kneeling figure

Mannelijk naakt, genield op de linkerknie, naar links, de linkerarm hoog geheven. Linksonder: no. 86 Rechtsonder: D. A. van de Wart N 86.
Der heroldt
Object type: print
Date: 1573 – 1573
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: frankfurt am main
Subjects: warfare; military affairs, the soldier; the soldier's life, herald
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Zowel de voorstelling als de ornamentrand werd gebruikt voor verschillende edities van Leonhardt Fronspergers Kriegsbuch.
Vase
Object type: vase
Date: 1882 – 1885
Materials: earthenware
Culture: american
Location: united states
Artist: chesapeake pottery
Artist role: maker
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1882 – 1914
Female Figure
Object type: drawing
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: watercolor
Location: france
Artist: alexandre-louis leloir
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1843 – 1884
Subjects: women,flowers
Mantelpiece
Object type: mantelpiece
Date: 1515 – 1520
Materials: limestone
Subjects: birds,men,profiles,women,coat of arms
Kom, wit, met aan binnenzijde een rand met rococo ornament
Object type: bowl
Date: 1751 – 1783
Materials: porcelain
Location: worcester

Kom van wit porselein, aan binnenzijde langs de bovenrand versierd met een rococo ornament in blauw. Op het plat een blauwe aster. Buitenzijde met reliëfversiering van een rank met bladeren en bloemen. Gemerkt onder aan de voet: C. Opmerking: gerestaureerd.
Hippopotamus figurine
Object type: figurine, hippopotamus
Date: 1850 – 1700
Materials: faience
Location: egypt
Subjects: hippos

This seated hippopotamus is depicted with its head turned to the side and its mouth open. This could either indicate that the hippo is roaring, or baring its teeth, which hippos do when feeling threatened, to intimate their opponents. The inside of the hippo’s mouth is painted red.
Vase fragment
Object type: vase fragment
Date: 670 – 330
Materials: terracotta
Culture: roman

Fragment of yellow enamelled vase with raised diamond pattern.
Smallsword
Object type: arm
Date: 1770 – 1770
Materials: iron, metal alloy, metal, silver, steel, wood
Culture: french
Location: france
Bekervaas, onderdeel van een kaststel
Object type: bekervaas
Date: 1740 – 1760
Materials: faience
Techniques: kiln, painted, polychromy
Location: delft
Artist: Anonymous
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘collection J.F. Loudon’, inscription: ‘les 3 jun?’

Beker van faïence. De buik veelkleurig beschilderd met een vrouw met kind omgeven door bloemtakken. De knop van het deksel wordt gevormd door een Fo' leeuw. De beker behoort tot een vijfdelig kaststel bestaande uit drie dekselvazen en twee bekers met deksels.
Dish
Object type: dish
Date: 1615 – 1868
Materials: enamel, porcelain
Culture: japanese
Subjects: flowers
Plate Nine from Drawings of Several Movements by Soldiers
Object type: print
Date: 1644 – 1644
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: italy
Artist: stefano della bella
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1610 – 1664

For the subject of this work, della Bella chose the movements of soldiers toward and through a town, which is recognizable as Arras. He dedicated the work to Henry du Plesseys, Count of Roche-Guyon, whose coat of arms appears in the first and second plates.
Bedrijfsgebouwen, 1933
Object type: photograph
Date: 1933 – 1933
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: sumatra
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: plantation, (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: rubber, (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: palm oil, hospital, sumatra
Inscriptions: inscription

Blad met zes foto's van bedrijfs- en administratiegebouwen op Pernantian, Padang Halaban en Brussel, 1933. Met etiketten met onderschriften onder de foto's. Onderdeel van het fotoalbum over de plantages Brussel en Pernantian van de Sumatra Caoutchouc Maatschappij op de Oostkust van Sumatra in de jaren 1910-1935.
Koker voor een meetlint
Object type: miniature
Date: 1700 – 1800
Materials: silk, silver
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous

Koker met daarin een maatlint. De randen van de koker zijn geprofileerd. Op het deksel is een knop waarmee het maatlint opgerold kan worden. Het maatlint is gemaakt van blauwe en witte zijde. De koker is niet gemerkt.
Aanbidding door de herders
Object type: print
Date: 1524 – 1612
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: nuremberg
Subjects: adoration of the christ-child by the shepherds; mary and joseph present
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Gong Held by Oni
Object type: gong held by oni
Date: 1867 – 1900
Materials: lacquer, metal, wood
Techniques: polychrome
Culture: japanese
Location: japan
Subjects: demons

This ferocious sculpture was made primarily as a display piece and possibly to appeal to the European export market. The two oni (demons) are carrying a large dora (gong) in a procession. The gong, a genuine example, is the type used in theater, tea ceremonies, and Buddhist rituals.
The Last Supper
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Materials: graphite, ink, paper
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Location: germany
Artist: Anonymous
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1700 – 1799
Tegeltableau met pauw
Object type: tile
Date: 1750 – 1800
Materials: earthenware, glaze
Techniques: maiolica
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous

Tegeltableau van zes tegels (3 x 2) met een paars geschilderde pauw naar links op een vierkant gemarmerd voetstuk.
Binnenplaats van het voormalige klooster te Hoogcruts
Object type: photograph
Date: 1890 – 1920
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: hoogcruts
Artist: anoniem (monumentenzorg)
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: abbey, monastery, convent ~ roman catholic church, courtyard
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘gem. Slenaken/ Hoogcruts (Limburg)’, annotation: ‘Binnenplaats v/h voormalige klooster te Hoogcuts (Limburg)/ bij Noorbeek’
Lizard
Object type: statuette
Date: 1887 – 1887
Materials: stoneware
Techniques: glazing
Artist: emmanuel frémiet
Artist role: modeler
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1824 – 1910
Subjects: mythical creatures
Cup in the form of a peacock
Object type: cup
Date: 1791 – 1791
Materials: silver
Techniques: gilding
Subjects: peacocks

This cup was the only silver animal-form drinking vessel from Hungary or the surrounding areas that belong to the Metropolitan Museum before the acquisition of the Salgo Collection. It originates from the legendary holdings of the banker-collector J. Pierpont Morgan.
Fish Hook
Object type: fish hook
Date: 401 – 800
Materials: bronze
Location: palestine
Japanse kalligraaf en een Japanse boekbinder
Object type: drawing
Date: 1900 – 1900
Materials: paper, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: bookbinding, japanese, calligraphy
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Gezicht op Zandvoort
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1890 – 1900
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: zandvoort
Subjects: prospect of village, silhouette of village, advertising

Onderdeel van Leporelloalbum met opnames van Zandvoort.
Sneeuwlandschap met kasteel
Object type: print
Date: 1834 – 1890
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, intaglio
Artist: charles verlat
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1824 – 1890
Subjects: landscape with tower or castle, snow
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Portretten van zes Europese vorsten
Object type: print
Date: 1809 – 1836
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: berlin
Subjects: willem i koning van württemberg, the hague, berlin, william i of the netherlands, leopold i (koning der belgen), historical persons, king
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, check stamp: Lugt 4221

Portretten van Frederik August II van Saksen, Anton (koning van Saksen), Willem I (koning van Württemberg), Friedrich VI (koning van Denemarken), Willem I (koning der Nederlanden) en Leopold I (koning der Belgen).
Dish with Flowering Branches
Object type: dish
Date: 1567 – 1633
Materials: cobalt, glaze, porcelain
Culture: chinese
Le 14 Juin, from Ces Bons Parisiens, published in Le Charivari, June 15, 1857
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: honoré daumier
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1808 – 1879
Subjects: satire,men,women
Two Beads
Object type: two bead
Date: 1902 – 1902
Materials: jade
Culture: chinese
Bowl
Object type: bowl
Date: 1740 – 1740
Materials: hard paste porcelain
Artist: meissen manufactory
Artist role: manufactory
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1710 – 9999
Subjects: flowers
Ships at Sea
Object type: drawing and watercolor
Date: 1908 – 1908
Materials: crayon
Location: netherlands
Artist: hendrik willem mesdag
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist nationality: dutch
Artist dates: 1831 – 1915
Panel
Object type: textile
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: silk
Techniques: bookbinding, lampas, patterning, satin weave, weave
Location: england
Repeating watch
Object type: repeating watch
Date: 1801 – 1833
Materials: gold
Subjects: birds,men,women,dogs,bells
Drie vlakdecoraties op een blad
Object type: print
Date: 1520 – 1530
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: germany

Links en rechts een kandelaber met bladranken. In het midden een kandelaber met grotesken. Linksonder en rechtsonder staat een steigerend paard.
In 't Jaar 1786
Object type: drawing
Date: 1789 – 1810
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: brush, pen
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: bombardment

Beschieting van de stad Hattem door de stadhouderlijke troepen, 5 september 1786.
Oceaanhaven Belawan
Object type: photograph
Date: 1921 – 1921
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: belawan
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: harbour, pump, building-site
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘No 104 Tijdelijke electrische pompinstallatie in den put’, date: ‘23/12-21’

Steiger met pompinstallatie in de bouwput. Genummerd: 104. Onderdeel van de groep van losse foto's over de aanleg van de haven Belawan aan de kust voor Medan, Sumatra 1921-1922.
Fragment of a terracotta dinos (deep round-bottomed bowl)
Object type: dinos fragment
Date: 600 – 600
Materials: terracotta
Culture: east greek
Portret van de Italiaanse priester Giovanni Paolo Oliva
Object type: print
Date: 1751 – 1751
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching, letterpress printing
Location: italy
Artist: arnold van westerhout
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1651 – 1725
Subjects: priest, ihs ('iesus hominum salvator') ~ symbol of christ
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Electus In Congrega: Generali II: / 7 July 1661 Obijt 26: / Novemb. 1681 aetatis 81’, collector's mark: Lugt 2228, title: ‘R.P. JOANNES PAULUS OLIVA GENUENSIS PRAEPOSITUS GEN. XI. SOCIE. IESU’

Prent gebruikt in: Galeotti, Niccolò. Imagines praepositorum generalium Societatis Jesu, delineatae, et aereis formis expressae ab Arnoldo Van Westherhout, addita perbrevi uniuscujusque vitae descriptione. Rome: Monaldini, 1751.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 490 – 480
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, head of a ram to right; part of an inscription, [HO P]AIS [KALOS]?
Bush warbler on plum branch
Object type: print
Date: 1840 – 1849
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: utagawa hiroshige 歌川 広重
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1797 – 1858
Glass double-headed pendant
Object type: pendant with female mask
Date: 334 – 201
Materials: glass
Culture: punic
Subjects: heads

Translucent cobalt blue. Oval disk, with flat flange at bottom. Vertical mold seams visible at sides. Vertical hole driven into disk from below. On each face of disk, female head in relief facing front, one larger than the other, with ears visible in front of locks falling to side of face, and hair drawn back from forehead, possibly in the form of snakes. Chipped around sides and suspension loop at top missing; dulling, weathering, and small patches of brilliant iridescence.
Reclame voor Taunus mineraalwater met een portret van Mary Moore en Charles Wyndham
Object type: carte de visite
Date: 1865 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: woodburytype
Location: london
Artist: herbert rose barraud
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: liverpool, london, advertising, historical persons - bb - woman, historical persons
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘TAUNUS / A PURE NATURAL / MINERAL WATER.’
Card 7, from the series, Cigarette Making Girls (N46) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes
Object type: photograph
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: allen & ginter
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Subjects: women

Trade cards from the "Cigarette Making Girls" series (N46), issued in 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights Cigarettes.
Glass perfume bottle
Object type: perfume bottle
Date: 1 – 100
Materials: glass
Culture: roman

Small perfume bottle Translucent pale blue green. Rim folded out, over, and in; slightly flaring mouth; tall cylindrical neck, with tooling marks around base; convex sloping shoulder with tooling marks below; squat bulbous body; small flattened bottom. Intact; many pinprick bubbles; dulling and slight pitting; iridescent weathering on rim and interior.
Mitaine van zwarte katoen in machinaal kant, met losse duim
Object type: clothing
Date: 1900 – 1925
Materials: cotton
Location: western europe
Artist: Anonymous

Linker mitaine van zwart katoen in machinaal kant. Recht afgesneden over de hand, met losse duim. Afgezet met een smal randje bruin kant. Ornament van bladeren, waartussen pastilles. Aan de bovenkant een rand met architectonische vormen.
Münster (Westf.) Ludgerikirche
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1890 – 1910
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: munster
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: church (exterior)
Inscriptions: title: ‘G. 4059 Münster (Westf.)/ Ludgerikirche’
Head of male statue
Object type: head, male
Date: 1802 – 1640
Materials: stone
Location: egypt
Shield-top spoon
Object type: spoon
Date: 1851 – 1900
Materials: silver gilt
Subjects: shields
His ducibus princeps celebraberis ore viroru illa homines beat haec sideribusq locat
Object type: print
Date: 1590 – 1590
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: italy
Artist: antonio tempesta
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1555 – 1630
Subjects: horse
Inscriptions: number: ‘19’, collector's mark: ‘Hinloopen’

Deze prent maakt deel uit van een reeks van 28 prenten van paarden (+ titelprent en opdracht).
Storage Bag Fragment
Object type: storage bag fragment
Date: 1834 – 1866
Materials: wool
Techniques: asymmetrically knotted pile
Location: turkmenistan
Gezicht op een straat met figuren
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1828 – 1897
Materials: paper, pencil
Techniques: stumping
Location: netherlands
Artist: adrianus eversen
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1818 – 1897
Subjects: adult woman, road, path, architecture, civic architecture; edifices; dwellings

Langs een weg staan gebouwen. Op de weg lopen figuren. Ook een hek. Blad 50 verso uit een schetsboek met 52 bladen vervaardigd in de omgeving van Kampen, Hattem, Hoorn en Zwolle.
Photographieën
Object type: photograph
Date: 1902 – 1902
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: netherlands
Artist: frits freerks fontein fz.
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1882 – 1928
Inscriptions: caption: ‘Gelsenkirchen 1902’
Portret van een Javaanse danseres
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1930 – 1940
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: dutch east indies
Artist: adeline andrea. du celliée muller
Artist dates: 1899 – 
Subjects: adult man, portrait of dancer, dutch east indies, the
A Wall, Nassau
Object type: watercolor
Date: 1898 – 1898
Materials: graphite, watercolor, paper
Culture: american
Artist: winslow homer
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1836 – 1910

A Wall, Nassau recalls watercolors from Homer’s first journey to the Bahamas and demonstrates his continued interest in the boundaries between public and private spaces. The exuberant palette of the poinsettia blossoms, foliage, sky, and sea contrast with the pale washes the artist used to suggest sunlight and shadow across the characteristic wall. At left, the gate stands open, implying a welcoming human presence and offering a hint of the landscape beyond. With the dark shards of glass lining the top of the wall, however, Homer highlights barriers intended to deter trespassers.
Relief Depicting a Calf-Bearer
Object type: sculpture
Materials: stone
Techniques: glazing
Culture: egyptian
Location: egypt
Reproductie van een tekening door Auguste Rodin
Object type: reproduction
Date: 1904 – 1904
Materials: paper
Techniques: photoaquatint
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: drawing

Pagina uit Camera Work van Edward Stieglitz.
Fragment of a Plaque
Object type: decorative art
Date: 100 – 100
Materials: glass
Techniques: mosaic glass
Culture: roman
Location: italy
Subjects: decoration

In ancient Rome, there was a high demand for colorful glass that could dazzle banquet guests alongside the expensive silver and gold serving wares meant to impress. Fragments like this one would have once been a part of larger mosaic dishes. The mosaic pattern was made by sagging molten glass into bowl-shaped molds, a technique used on many of these fragments is similar to millefiori, “thousand flowers” in Italian, a modern glass-making method in which tiny rods of colored glass are bundled together, wrapped in a sheet of glass, fused, and then thinly sliced to reveal swirls of a flower-like patterns. They were arranged side by side, sometimes together with bits of colored glass, and fused together with heat.