deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Quinton in Viol Form
Object type: quinton in viol form
Materials: wood
Culture: french or german
Location: france or germany

A 5-string hybrid instrument combining features of the violin and treble viol. Viols were the most esteemed bowed instruments of the late Renaissance, and they were only gradually displaced by the violin family. Viols differ from violins chiefly in shape, in number of strings and tuning, and in having fretted necks. All viols are played in an upright position between the knees or on the legs (gamba means "leg"), and the bow is held palm upwards. Their sound is less brilliant and quieter than that of the violin family. Chamber music for a consort of four to six viols was composed during the Renaissance and Baroque eras, and solo works for the bass viol were being played until nearly the end of the 18th century.
Haag met bomen en schuren
Object type: drawing
Date: 1939 – 2009
Materials: charcoal, paper
Artist: kees stoop
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1929 – 2019
Subjects: farm or solitary house in landscape
Constructie van een vijfhoek in een cirkel met onderaan een berglandschap
Object type: print
Date: 1669 – 1669
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, letterpress printing
Location: france
Subjects: planimetry, geometry, mountains

Prent uit: Pratique de la géometrie, sur le papier et sur le terrain. Avec un nouvel ordre et une méthode particulière. Parijs: Thomas Jolly, 1669.
Icones Illvstrivm Feminarvm Novi Testamenti
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1599 – 1599
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: antwerp
Subjects: anna prophesying ~ presentation of the christ-child

Prent maakt deel uit van een prentbijbel.
Geschiedenis van Elisa en de vrouw uit Sunem
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1579 – 1579
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: elisha finds the son of the shunammite woman lying on his bed and prays to god, elisha stretches himself out upon the child of the shunammite woman, raising of the shunammite woman's son
Inscriptions: number: ‘206’

Als Elisa is aangekomen sluit Gechazi rechts de deur van het vertrek. De ouders van de gestorven jongen blijven buiten het vertrek. Links bidt Elisa met geheven armen tot God. In het midden strekt hij zich uit over de gestoven jongen met zijn mond op zijn mond en zijn handpalmen op de handpalmen van de jongen. Zo wekt Elisa de jongen tot leven. Onder de voorstelling een verwijzing in het Latijn naar de Bijbeltekst in 2 Kon. 4:34. Deze prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Portret van een jonge man
Object type: photograph
Date: 1885 – 1900
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: stockholm
Artist: peter ludvig quist
Artist role: fotograaf, hoffotograaf
Artist dates: 1833 – 1924
Subjects: historical persons, youth, adolescent
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘ATELIER för FOTOGRAFI/ Regeringsgatan 59/ eller/ Jacobsbergsgatan 23./ LQ/ STOCKHOLM/ DUBLIN/ 1885/ PLÅTEN FÖRVARAS FÖR EFTERBESTÄLLNING.’
Riksja met twee trekkers te Japan
Object type: page
Date: 1882 – 1883
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: tokaido
Subjects: rickshaw, adult man, façade (of house or building)
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Photographie de l'auteur.’, inscription: ‘H. K.’
R. Ackermann's Transparency on the Victory of Waterloo
Object type: print
Techniques: etching
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: satire,napoleon i,men,horses,politics

Napoleon, on horseback, is confronted by Blücher, at right, who fires a blunderbuss at him. He is also pursued by Wellington, at left, who gallops towards him, saber in hand. Napoleon's crown falls off his head, his feet have fallen out of the stirrups, and flails his arms towards Blücher.
Netherlands, from "Court Game of Geography"
Object type: print
Date: 1838 – 1855
Techniques: engraving, hand coloring
Artist: william and henry rock
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1821 – 1884
Subjects: playing cards,maps
Man en een vrouw bij rotsen en een rivier in een bos bij Echternach
Object type: photograph
Date: 1907 – 1935
Materials: glass, ink, paper
Techniques: slide
Location: echternach
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: river, forest, wood
Graftombe van Maria van Bourgondië
Object type: print
Date: 1620 – 1699
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: low countries
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: bruges, maria (hertogin van bourgondië), earl, charles the bold (duke of burgundy), historical persons - bb - woman, historical persons, grave, tomb, armorial bearing, heraldry

Linksboven de graftombe van Karel de Stoute. Met vijfregelig onderschrift in het Latijn.
Netta Bergsma als baby naakt op een kleed op Sumatra
Object type: photograph
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: gelatin silver print
Location: sumatra
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: infant, baby, sumatra

Onderdeel van fotoalbum met opnames van de familie Bergsma in Tandjong Poera en Rantan Pandjang (Sumatra).
Scroll of Mudras
Object type: handscroll
Date: 1001 – 1200
Materials: ink, paper
Culture: japanese
Subjects: hands,buddhism

This handscroll depicts hand gestures known as mudras in Sanskrit, the Indian language in which many early Esoteric Buddhist texts were written. In Japan the gestures are called insō, the Japanese term for a Chinese word that combines the characters for "seal" and "form." In Esoteric Buddhism mudras are physical enactments of ultimate truths revealed through the Buddhas and other deities. Practitioners of Esoteric Buddhism in Japan form mudras during meditation and rituals and use them to interpret the meaning of painted and sculpted Buddhist images. These scrolls were passed down in the Kyoto temple Shōren-in, a Tendai School temple traditionally administrated by imperial princes who had taken religious vows.
Pharmacy jar with the Apollo Belvedere and King David
Object type: pharmacy jar
Date: 1545 – 1550
Techniques: maiolica, glazing
Artist: nicoletto da modena
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1500 – 1520
Subjects: apollo,flowers,david

The decoration on this jar combines pagan antiquity and biblical history—a common pairing in Renaissance Italy. In one roundel, the Old Testament prophet King David appears playing his harp. On the other side is a lively rendering of the Apollo Belvedere, the ancient marble statue discovered in Rome in 1489. The label—"Conserve with borage"—appears on both sides.
Loopkranen met Ry- en Hyschmotoren
Object type: drawing
Date: 1906 – 1945
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: pen
Artist: reijer stolk
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1896 – 1945
Subjects: (other) historical names, advertisement, notice
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Deze tekening is mogelijk een ontwerp voor een advertentie of affiche.
Design for an Overdoor for the Hôtel de Ville with two outward facing Putting flanking a Coat of Arms
Object type: drawing
Date: 1834 – 1866
Materials: graphite, ink, watercolor
Techniques: pen
Artist: jean-baptiste louis plantar
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Verklaaring van zekere geestige Staatkundige Konst-Plaat, op den toestand van verscheidene Mogendheden van het tegenwoordig verward Europa
Object type: cartoon
Date: 1780 – 1780
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: northern netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: political caricatures and satires, fourth anglo-dutch war
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Tekstblad met een verklaring van de de cijfers 1-8 in de spotprent op de wankele toestand van de Britse economie in 1780.
Tea Table
Object type: tea table
Date: 1740 – 1760
Materials: wood
Culture: american
Location: united states
Hendrica Catherina Prinses van Oranje 1681
Object type: history medal
Date: 1681 – 1681
Materials: silver
Techniques: casting

Zilveren penning, op de voorzijde het borstbeeld van Hendrica naar rechts met omschrift, op de keerzijde een gekroond meerdelig wapenschild tussen lauwertakken, in afsnede 1681.
Acht gezichten op Adalia, Spanje
Object type: photomechanical print
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: paris
Subjects: prospect of village, silhouette of village, coast
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘1 Types d'Anatolie./ (M. Debayser, phot.)./ 2 Chamellerie./ (M. Debayser, phot.)./ Porte d'Adrien./ (M. Maunoury, phot.)./ 4 Vue des remparts./ (M. Charles Diehl, phot.)./ 5 Cascades tombant dans la/ mer. (M. Spanier, phot.)./ 6 Falaises de l'est et fort./ (Mme de Tavernier, phot.)./ 7 Entrepôts et quai de la ville/ basse. (Mme de Tavernier,/ phot.)./ 8 Partie ouest de la ville basse./ (M. l'Abbé Stoffaes,/ phot.).’, number: ‘III.’
Portret van Sophie Luise von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, koningin van Pruisen
Object type: print
Date: 1708 – 1733
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Subjects: crown (symbol of sovereignty), historical persons - bb - woman, ornaments, jewels
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Portret van een proefpersoon tijdens elektrostimulatie: 'une jeune femme'
Object type: page
Date: 1860 – 1862
Materials: paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: paris
Artist: guillaume benjamin amand duchenne
Artist role: fotograaf, medicus
Artist dates: 1806 – 1875
Subjects: face, adult woman, physiology and anatomy ~ nervous system, neurology, physiology and anatomy, morphology of facial expression, physiognomy, experiment, test ~ science and technology, france

Ongenummerde pagina met foto 50 uit Mécanisme de la physionomie humaine ou analyse électro-physiologique de l'expression des passions (Atlas).
Vrouw met een mand
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1871 – 1871
Materials: paper, pencil
Techniques: stumping
Location: netherlands
Artist: cornelis springer
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1817 – 1891
Subjects: container made of plant material other than wood: basket, standing figure - aa - female human figure
Inscriptions: date: ‘21 Febr 71’

Staande vrouw met een mand. Blad 9 verso uit een schetsboek met 39 bladen, deels vervaardigd te Ulm en Leiden.
Pianist
Object type: cartoon
Date: 1853 – 1853
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: one person playing keyboard instrument, pianoforte
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 964

Prent gebruikt voor: Paris (journal), 6 juli 1853.
Revue de la Mode, Gazette de la Famille, dimanche 3 avril 1880, 9e année, No. 431: Toilettes de Mme Duboys (...)
Object type: fashion print
Date: 1880 – 1880
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, hand coloring
Location: paris
Subjects: corsage (+ women's clothes), flowers, clothing for the upper part of the body (+ women's clothes), dress, gown: evening dress (+ women's clothes), gloves, mittens (long gloves) (+ women's clothes), dress, gown: walking dress (+ women's clothes), neck-gear ~ clothing (revers) (+ women's clothes), dress, gown (robe d'intérieur) (+ women's clothes), mirror - aa - (for) women, fashion plates, skirt (+ women's clothes), dress, gown (+ women's clothes), fan (+ women's clothes), bracelet, wristlet (+ women's clothes)
Inscriptions: caption: ‘Toilettes de M.me Duboys. 31.r. d'Anjou_ Châtelaines de la Parfumerie Ninon. 31.r. du 4 Septembre. Garnitures & Gants de la Ville de Lyon, r. de la Ch.sée d'Antin_ Corsets & Jupons de la M.on de Plument. 33. r. Vivienne. Plissés éxécutés au métier Merle. 1. Bd Bonne Nouvelle_Chaussures de la M.on Bernier-Laffon. 160. r. Montmartre.’, address: ‘13 et 15, Quai Voltaire, Paris’, title: ‘REVUE DE LA MODE / Gazette de la Famille’

Twee vrouwen in een interieur, gekleed in japonnen van Duboys. De vrouw voor de passpiegel draagt een japon van wit, goudkleurig en rood satijn, voor een soirée. Naast haar staat een vrouw in een blauwe japon, geschikt voor de wandeling of om binnenshuis te dragen. Onder de afbeelding enkele regels reclametekst voor verschillende producten. Prent uit het modetijdschrift Revue de la Mode (1872-1913). Uitgebreide beschrijving van de kleding op pagina 118 "PLANCHE COLORIÉE".
Gezicht op het portaal van de Dom van Keulen
Object type: photograph
Date: 1897 – 1897
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: cologne
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: parts of church exterior and annexes: portal
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘Cologne Cathedral 1897’
Panden op de Voorstraat 153-155 te Dordrecht
Object type: photograph
Date: 1880 – 1910
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: dordrecht
Subjects: shop, store, urban housing, façade (of house or building)
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘Voorstraat 153-155/ Dordrecht’, annotation: ‘Dordrecht/ Voorstraat N: 153-155’
Groote Markt en Martini-toren - Groningen
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1892 – 1905
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: autotype
Location: groningen
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: square, place, circus, etc., church (exterior)
Design for Dos-a-Dos Sleigh, no. 3550
Object type: drawing
Date: 1879 – 1879
Materials: gouache, gum arabic, ink, watercolor
Techniques: pen
Artist: brewster & co.
Artist role: manufacturer
Artist nationality: american
Subjects: sleighs

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
Cartes des rois de France
Object type: print
Date: 1620 – 1664
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: paris
Subjects: karel ix (koning van frankrijk), ruler, sovereign

Deze prent maakt deel uit van een kaartspel met 39 kaarten met voorstellingen van Franse koningen. De serie is uitgedacht door Jean Desmarests de Saint-Sorlin in opdracht van Kardinaal Mazarin. Het kaartspel werd gemaakt voor de jonge Lodewijk XIV, samen met het Jeu des Fables, Jeu des Reynes Renommées en Jeu de la géographie.
Souvenir spoon with view of Trieste harbor and customs house with monument to the Emperor Maximilian
Object type: souvenir spoon
Date: 1867 – 1900
Materials: enamel, gilt
Portret van Henriëtta Maria van Frankrijk, koningin van Engeland, Schotland en Ierland
Object type: print
Date: 1625 – 1678
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Subjects: henriëtta maria van frankrijk (koningin van engeland, schotland en ierland), (story of) juno (hera), (story of) minerva (pallas, athena), historical persons - bb - woman, queen, (personifications and symbolic representations of) love; 'amore (secondo seneca)' (ripa), ornamental birds: peacock, (story of) venus (aphrodite)

Portret geflankeerd door Amor, Juno, Minerva en Venus.
Dodendans
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1524 – 1526
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: switzerland
Subjects: eve is fashioned from adam's rib

Boekillustratie voor: Les simulacres & historiees faces de la mort, avtant elegamment pourtraictes, que artificiellement imaginées ... Lyon: M. en G. Trechsel, voor Jean en Francois Frellon, 1538.
Hand Cannon
Object type: hand cannon
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: bronze, wood
Culture: japanese
Location: japan
Tea urn
Object type: tea urn
Date: 1785 – 1790
Materials: gilt, metal
Portret van Denis Godefroy op 64-jarige leeftijd
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1650 – 1650
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: frankfurt am main
Subjects: paris, historical persons, professor
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent uit: Bibliotheca chalcographica. Frankfurt am Main: Johannes Ammon, 1650
Table leg
Object type: table leg
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: gilt, wood
Portret van een onbekende vrouw met kind
Object type: photograph
Date: 1858 – 1858
Materials: copper, glass, plastic, velvet
Techniques: daguerreotype
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: toddler, adult woman, historical persons
Kreuznach. Brückenhäuser
Object type: ansichtkaart, prentbriefkaart
Date: 1907 – 1907
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: photograph, lithograph, writing
Location: leipzig
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: canals, waters (in city), bridge in city across river, canal, etc.
Inscriptions: date
Ex libris van P.H. Burgers
Object type: print
Date: 1925 – 1925
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: richard nicolaüs roland holst
Artist dates: 1868 – 1938
Subjects: politician, ox, ploughing
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Dit ex libris was vermoedelijk bestemd voor Petrus Burgers, de echtgenoot van Sabine Roland Holst, die een zus was van Richard Roland Holst.
Löwenburg zu Wilhelmshöhe
Object type: cabinet photograph
Date: 1870 – 1890
Materials: cardboard, paper, photographic support
Techniques: photograph
Location: kassel
Subjects: travelling; tourism, ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, etc.

Onderdeel van Album met 38 foto's van een reis door de Harz.
Differentes veues du Chasteau et des Jardins, Fontaines, Cascades, Canaux et Parterres de Liencourt
Object type: print
Date: 1656 – 1656
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Artist: israël silvestre
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker, publisher
Artist dates: 1621 – 1691
Subjects: garden fountain, french or architectonic garden; formal garden, landscape with tower or castle, garden cascade, paris
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Prent maakt deel uit van een ongenummerde serie van twaalf prenten.
David, from "Heroes and Heroines of the Old Testament"
Object type: print
Date: 1597 – 1597
Techniques: engraving
Artist: nicolaes braeu
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: netherlandish
Artist dates: 1586 – 1600
Subjects: swords,heads,david
Fontein voor de trap naar het Capitool te Rome
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1637 – 1637
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: italy
Subjects: ornamental fountain, rome
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Ende lib. No. 8. fol. 97./ Ende lib. No. 21. fol. 402./ Ende lib. No. 23. fol. 705.’, number: ‘51’, inscription: ‘Ende lib. No. 8 fol. 15./ Ende lib. No. 2. [...]/ Ende lib. No. 21. fol. 287 et 288.’

Deze prent maakt deel uit van een reeks van ten minste 20 prenten (+ titelprent) van fonteinen in Rome.
Brocade
Object type: brocade
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: cotton, metal thread, silk
Techniques: brocade
Location: iran
Subjects: flowers
Necklace with 16 beads
Object type: necklace with 16 bead
Date: 7000 – 330
Materials: glass
Zuilenrij (vermoedelijk) te Taormina
Object type: stereograph
Date: 1850 – 1880
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: taormina
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: colonnade
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘TOARMINA’
Gezicht op de Notre-Dame van Parijs
Object type: print
Date: 1818 – 1818
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: paris
Subjects: city-view in general; 'veduta', paris
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Maakt deel uit van een serie met 60 platen van monumenten, kathedralen en paleizen in Parijs.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix: Lip cup (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 560 – 525
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Rim fragment from a lip cup; below the handle zone, black glaze
Vrouw met een paraplu en een man met een hoge hoed, baard en wandelstok
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1943 – 1943
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen
Location: amsterdam
Artist: samuel jessurun de mesquita
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1868 – 1944
Subjects: adult woman, walking-stick, staff, adult man, umbrella, surrealia, surrealistic representations, beard, head-gear: top hat
Inscriptions: signature and date: ‘mesquita/ 11.10.43’

Op de achtergrond een fantasiefiguur met ogen en poten. Blad 3 recto uit een schetsboek met 18 bladen.
Zoo komt hij vrij!
Object type: text sheet
Date: 1921 – 1921
Materials: paper
Techniques: printed materials
Location: netherlands
Artist: f. v.d. mee
Artist role: schrijver
Subjects: bart de ligt, albert andries de jong, herman groenendaal
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, inscription: ‘voor Mevr Hoop Scheffer’

Pamflet tegen de veroordeling van Bart de Ligt en Albert de Jong tot één maand gevangenisstraf voor hun uitspraken bij een protestbijeenkomst tegen de gevangenisstraf van de anarchistische dienstweigeraar Herman Groenendaal. Blad op één zijde bedrukt met tekst geschreven door F. v.d. Mee.
View of the Fountain of St. John in Marseille
Object type: print
Date: 1750 – 1800
Techniques: engraving
Artist: joseph vernet
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1714 – 1789
Plaque: Amenhotep II Offers Incense/Amun-Re Seated on Throne
Object type: costume and accessory
Materials: stone
Culture: egyptian
Location: egypt
Subjects: pharaohs, offering, kings, king, hieroglyphs, gods (deities), deities
Elevation of Proscenium and Lateral View
Object type: drawing
Date: 1750 – 1750
Materials: graphite, ink
Techniques: pen, wash
Artist: giuseppe galli bibiena
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1696 – 1756
Subjects: architecture
Biechtstoel, Grave
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1857 – 1859
Materials: paper, pencil
Artist: pierre joseph hubert cuypers
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1827 – 1921
Subjects: confessional ~ part of the confession
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘Biechtstoel Grave/ gang kapel’

Tevens een plattegrond van een gangkapel. Blad 60 recto uit een schetsboek met 77 bladen.
Les Taupes
Object type: print
Date: 1854 – 1854
Techniques: etching
Location: france
Artist: félix bracquemond
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1833 – 1914
Subjects: animals,trees
Fly Whisk
Object type: fly whisk
Date: 1401 – 1500
Materials: fiber, ivory, leaf, tin
Culture: chinese

An instrument of literati dandyism in Chinese culture, the fly whisk is often depicted in early paintings and decorative arts, however, few actual examples are preserved. The hexagonal, tinted ivory handle of this piece is decorated with two rows of lotus petals. The macramé ferrule is edged with copper wire and has a raised design of an attenuated dragon chasing a tin pearl.
Chasse
Object type: chasse
Date: 1300 – 1300
Materials: gilt copper
Culture: french or german
Subjects: angels