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Ex libris van Karl Emich zu Leiningen Westerburg
Object type: bookplate
Date: 1897 – 1897
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: germany
Artist: adolf matthias hildebrandt
Artist role: auteur, genealoog
Artist dates: 1844 – 1918
Subjects: crown (symbol of sovereignty), plants and herbs, armorial bearing, heraldry
Inscriptions: date
Snuff Bottle
Object type: snuff bottle
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: enamel
Techniques: enamel
Culture: chinese
Subjects: butterflies
Portret van een staande vrouw bij een stoel
Object type: photograph
Date: 1855 – 1890
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Subjects: historical persons, standing figure - aa - female human figure, chair
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Honorable Mention/ Turner & Co./ 17. Upper Street./ Islington, N.’, number: ‘24884’
Zalmans prenten
Object type: popular print
Date: 1869 – 1882
Materials: paper
Techniques: colour, letterpress printing, engraving
Location: kampen
Subjects: trees, trees (+ branch, stick), birds
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760

Blad met 7 voorstellingen van takken, bomen en vogels. Onder elke voorstelling een onderschrift. Genummerd midden boven: XIX.
Young Hercules
Object type: print
Date: 1514 – 1536
Techniques: engraving
Artist: agostino veneziano (agostino dei musi)
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1490 – 1536
Subjects: male nudes,hercules
Bekende tijdgenooten
Object type: print
Date: 1894 – 1894
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jan veth
Artist role: designer, draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1864 – 1925
Subjects: amsterdam, draughtsman, thérèse schwartze, historical persons, portrait, self-portrait of artist
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Deze prent werd uitgegeven als bijvoegsel van De Amsterdammer op 4 november 1894.
Portret van theoloog Domenico Gravina
Object type: print
Date: 1666 – 1666
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, letterpress printing
Location: venice
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: rome, historical persons, portrait of a writer, writer, poet, author

Prent uit: Crasso, Lorenzo. Elogii degli huomini letterati scritti. Venetië: Combi & la Noù, 1666, dl. 2, p. 166.
Portret van Elizabeth Taylor
Object type: photomechanical print
Date: 1870 – 1915
Materials: paper
Techniques: photoaquatint
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: historical persons - bb - woman
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Gezicht op de Casco Bay vanaf Cousins Island
Object type: page
Date: 1880 – 1890
Materials: paper
Techniques: photoaquatint
Location: cousins island
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: gulf, bay, island
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Cousin's Island. (...)’
Portret van Georg August von Steinberg
Object type: print
Date: 1800 – 1800
Materials: paper
Techniques: stippling
Location: hannover
Subjects: historical persons, armorial bearing, heraldry
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Watervogel kijkend naar gele zangvogel
Object type: print
Date: 1809 – 1893
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: osaka
Subjects: water course, water-birds
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: ‘Rijksschool voor kunstnijverheid’ Lugt 3937
Wedding frock coat
Object type: wedding frock coat
Date: 1881 – 1881
Materials: wool
Culture: american or european
Coin
Object type: coin
Date: 901 – 1000
Materials: silver
Location: iran

This coin was found and purchased in Nishapur. Nishapur was a vital city in the early and middle Islamic periods, located along one of the main trajectories that connected Iran and West Asia Islamic lands with Central Asia and China. These itineraries are often referred to by the term ‘Silk routes’ but were in fact crucial to the movement of constellations of materials and objects, as well as people and ideas. The diverse population of Nishapur and its surroundings, from the better-researched elite groups of merchants, land-owning aristocracy, and literates, to the less-known artisans, farmers, miners, and servants, were instrumental in adapting global cultural trends to create their own distinctive visual languages. This is seen in the material remains of everyday life in medieval Nishapur – from pots and pans to lighting devices, inkwells, textiles and trimmings, jewelry, games and toys, talismanic devices, weapons, coins, and architectural fragments. Nishapur lost its political prominence due to a series of earthquakes and invasions that peaked in the thirteenth century. Today, the medieval city is a vast archaeological area, while the relatively small modern city is situated to its north. Instead Mashhad, a major pilgrimage site, emerged as a major prosperous metropolis in the region. Between 1935 and 1948, the "Persian Expedition" of the Metropolitan Museum of Art excavated at several sites at Nishapur under an agreement with the Iranian authorities. American archaeologists and hundreds of Iranian workers excavated archaeological areas named Tepe Madrasa, Village Tepe, Sabz Pushan, Qanat Tepe, Tepe Alp Arslan, Vineyard Tepe, among others. They uncovered vast neighborhoods with mostly residential buildings, but also mosques, bathhouses, and possibly a governmental palace. Two main chronological phases were recognized in the sites: the first covers the ninth-tenth centuries and the second covers the eleventh-twelfth centuries. Thousands of artifacts were also recovered, mostly ceramic, glass, metal, and stone vessels, as well as carved and painted stuccoes and wall paintings, which were divided in half between the two countries, resulting in over four thousand objects in the Met’s collection today.
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 600 – 401
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Sixteen black glazed fragments from kylikes
Oude gevel, Oude Kijk in 't Jatstraat, Groningen
Object type: ansichtkaart, prentbriefkaart
Date: 1905 – 1930
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: photograph
Location: groningen
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: façade (of house or building)
Portret van een man met baret
Object type: print
Date: 1774 – 1808
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: johan antoni kauclitz colizzi
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1742 – 1808
Subjects: anonymous historical person portrayed alone
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Zeden van de oude Germanen
Object type: history print
Date: 1615 – 1617
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: netherlands
Artist: pieter van der keere
Artist role: print maker, publisher
Artist dates: 1571 – 1646
Subjects: extinct, 'historical' peoples (with name), netherlands

Blad met zes afzonderlijke voorstellingen, gedrukt van twee platen met elk drie scènes. Kaartje van Nederland met omringende landen en vijf voorstellingen met Latijnse onderschriften van de Germaanse gewoonten bij offerplechtigheden, maaltijden, begrafenis en oorlog. Blad uit een boek genomen, met op de achterzijde tekst. Afkomstig uit: Pieter van den Keere, Germania inferior id est, XVII provinciarum ejus novæ et exactæ tabulæ geographicæ, Pieter van den Keere, Amsterdam 1617-1622.
Gezicht op Heukelum vanaf de Linge
Object type: drawing
Date: 1929 – 1929
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: brush, pen
Location: kampen
Artist: arend jan reijers
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1867 – 1943
Subjects: river (+ landscape with figures, staffage), prospect of village, silhouette of village (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)
Inscriptions: date

Tekening naar de prent van Philippus van der Schley, zie RP-P-2019-1241.
Flat Needle
Object type: needle
Date: 1 – 400
Materials: copper alloy
Culture: roman
Gezicht op de Kalverstraat en de Munttoren
Object type: cabinet photograph
Date: 1875 – 1896
Materials: cardboard, paper
Techniques: albumen print
Location: amsterdam
Artist: andreas theodorus rooswinkel
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1838 – 1909
Subjects: tower, clock tower ~ monumental adornment, city-view in general; 'veduta', street
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Kalverstraat bij de Munt. 38.’, stamp: ‘Gebr. Douwes / Atelier / Grimburgwal 15 / Amsterdam’, collector's mark: ‘9,18’ Lugt 1641b

Onderwerpsrubriek binnen de Atlas Amsterdam: Kadijksplein, Karthuizerkerkhof, Kattegat, Kattenburg, Kapelsteeg O.Z., Enge Kerksteeg, Kerkstraat, Kinkerstraat, Kolk O.Z., Koningsplein, Kromboomsloot [Krom Boomssloot], Kostverlorenkade, Kwakersdwarspad, Kalverstraat, Keizersgracht (v.d. Brouwersgracht – Amstel), Klerensloot (Gedempte), Klimopstraat, Kloveniersburgwal, Kraansluis.
Pair of bracelets (churi)
Object type: churi jhabbedâr, churi
Date: 1750 – 1750
Materials: gold, shell
Location: surat
Artist: Anonymous

Armband (churi) bestaande uit een uit schildpad gesneden ring met een scharnier en een gouden slot. Omsloten door een eenvoudig gouden bandbeslag. Vormt een paar met AK-NM-7053-A.
Kalender voor het jaar 1896 met gezicht op de Palmgracht
Object type: print
Date: 1896 – 1896
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: amsterdam
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: city-view in general; 'veduta', canal, the usual house or row of houses, bridge in city across river, canal, etc., street
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘11.6’ Lugt 1641b

Onderwerpsrubriek binnen de Atlas Amsterdam: Paleisstraat, Palmgracht, Papenbrugsteeg, Passeerdersgracht, Peperstraat, Pieterspoort (St.), Pieterssteeg (St.), Plantage, Prinseneiland.
Shoes
Object type: shoe
Date: 1835 – 1840
Materials: fiber
Culture: european
Carpet
Object type: carpet
Date: 1299 – 1923
Location: turkey
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 475 – 451
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, meander; Exterior, lower torso, thighs, and drapery of male
Bazaar van Bantam, 1596
Object type: print
Date: 1597 – 1598
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: northern netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: gouda, landscapes in tropical and sub-tropical regions, exploration, expedition, voyage of discovery, market

Gebruikt als illustratie eerst in: Willem Lodewijcksz, D'eerste boeck. Historie van Indien, waer inne verhaelt is de avontueren die de Hollandtsche schepen bejeghent zijn, Cornelis Claes, Amsterdam 1598. In deze opgewerkte staat gebruikt in: De Eerste Schipvaerd der Hollandsche Natie naer Oost-Indien, waer inne verhaelt wordt al wat haer sonderlings onder wegen bejegent is ... ghetrocken uyt verscheyden Iournalen ofte dagh-registers daer van ghemaeckt, zeer vermaeckelijck ende nut om lesen. Opgenomen in: I. Commelin, Begin ende voortgangh, van de Vereenighde Nederlantsche Geoctroyeerde Oost-Indische Compagnie, J. Janssonius, Amsterdam 1646. Genummerd: 17.
Kopie van een Engelse spotprent op de Hollanders, 1652
Object type: propagandaprent
Date: 1652 – 1652
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, letterpress printing
Location: northern netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: amsterdam, the hague, politician, adriaen pauw (1585-1653), time revealing truth; time carrying truth aloft

Kopie van een Engelse spotprent op de Hollanders uit 1652, ten tijde van de Eerste Engelse Oorlog. Isaäc Doreslaer staande tegenover de naakte Waarheid en Vader Tijd. Op zijn arm een kameleon en maskers. Op de achtergrond wreedheden begaan door de Hollanders tegen de Engelsen. Met onderschrift van 6 verzen van 4 regels in het Nederlands. Op het blad om de voorstelling een lijst van de wreedheden van de Hollanders genummerd artikel XII - XXVII. In de oorspronkelijke voorstelling wordt de centrale figuur de Nederlandse ambassadeur Paulus van der Perre verklaard als de geest van de vermoorde Doreslaer. In de tekst bij de prent wordt de figuur geïdentificeerd als Adriaen Pauw. De kleine scène linksboven toont de moord gepleegd op Isaäc Dorislaer door een groep gemaskerde mannen in herberg De Zwaan op de Plaats te 's-Gravenhage, 12 mei 1649.
Tablespoon
Object type: tablespoon
Date: 1840 – 1850
Materials: silver
Artist: m. hoyris
Artist role: maker
Artist dates: 1800 – 1900
An aegis of Isis
Object type: amulet, aegis of isi
Date: 664 – 343
Materials: bronze, copper alloy, glass
Location: egypt
Subjects: isis
A Maharana and His Retinue Hunting Boar
Object type: painting
Date: 1701 – 1733
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: wash
Culture: western indian, rajasthan, udaipur
Subjects: men,hunting,boars,horses

A Rajput ruler, identified by a radiating halo framing his head, oversees a hunt in which courtiers on horseback and on foot pursue packs of boars. Rolling hills mark the horizon, and at upper left is a Hindu shrine, likely a sanctuary dedicated to Shiva where the royal family worshiped. The ruler, attended by standard bearers, appears twice in the composition, enacting different stages in the hunt. The aerial view, fluid action, and confidently executed figures are characteristic of early eighteenth-century painting in the Mewar court. This drawing, probably sketched from life in the field, depicts a narrative that is fully elaborated in the painting Maharana Jagat Singh Hawks for Cranes (1996.100.3) and likely served as a study or preparatory drawing for such a finished work.
Le Départ de la Diligence. - 1870
Object type: page
Date: 1884 – 1884
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Location: paris
Subjects: taking leave
Inscriptions: name: ‘Boutigny (Emile)’, inscription: ‘SALON 1884.’
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 500 – 476
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Interior, part of lower neck, frontal torso, and right arm, holding a jumping weight?; Exterior, part of right greaved calf and foot of male to right
Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 500 – 401
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Three kylix feet with concave edge; two of the feet have grafffiti
De nieuwe Koorn Beurs te Amsterdam, van agteren; nevens de Oude Brug / Vuë de la Nouvelle Bourse aux grains à Amsterdam, du côté du canal, & d'une partie du Vieux Pont
Object type: print
Date: 1770 – 1770
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: sailing-ship, sailing-boat, bridge in city across river, canal, etc., market-hall
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘41-98’ Lugt 1641b

De prent werd eerst in 1770 uitgegeven door onder anderen Reinier Ottens en Pieter Yver, als onderdeel van een serie stadsgezichten: de 'Atlas van de stad Amsterdam; of Afbeelding der voornaamste gezichten, gebouwen, oudheeden en historien van Amsterdam (...)'. Deze serie, begonnen in 1769, bevatte prenten met tekstuele toelichting die konden worden ingebonden in verschillende publicaties over Amsterdam. De prent werd ook nog gebruikt in: Atlas van de waereldberoemde koopstad Amsteldam (...). Amsterdam: Jan Barend Elwe, 1804. Latere staat, genummerd rechtsboven met pl. 2, gebruikt in publicatie uit 1824.
Juppiter
Object type: print
Date: 1592 – 1592
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: haarlem
Subjects: (story of) jupiter (zeus)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 11, inscription, collector's mark: ‘Hinloopen’, collector's mark: Lugt 10

Jupiter, gezeten in een nis, een bliksemschicht in zijn rechterhand, een adelaar bij zijn linkervoet. Deze prent is onderdeel van een serie van acht prenten van klassieke goden, gebaseerd op schilderingen van Polidoro da Caravaggio op de façade van een Romeins huis, door Goltzius in Rome gezien en nagetekend.
Portret van David Puthan
Object type: print
Date: 1756 – 1756
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: christoph melchior roth
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1720 – 1798
Subjects: theologian, historical persons

Prent waarschijnlijk uit: Würfel, Andreas. Diptycha ecclesiae Sebaldianae (...). Neurenberg: Christoph Melchior Roth, 1756.
Image from a Set of Initiation Cards (Tsakali)
Object type: religious ritual object
Date: 1301 – 1500
Materials: ink, paper, watercolor
Culture: tibetan
Location: tibet
Bowl
Object type: bowl
Date: 1125 – 1050
Materials: terracotta
Culture: cypriot

Broad bands and concentric circles in center.
The Stag Hunt
Object type: painting
Date: 1655 – 1656
Materials: copper, oil
Artist: philips wouwerman
Artist role: draughtsman, painter
Artist dates: 1619 – 1668
Subjects: stag-hunting, landscape with ruins
Inscriptions: signature, with monogram, bottom left (letters of first name ligated): ‘PHils . W’

Hertenjacht. Een hert wordt in een heuvelachtig landschap door jagers en honden gevangen. In het midden de ruïne van de abdij van Rijnsburg, links een houten brug over een watervalletje.
Raised relief fragment with hieroglyphs
Object type: relief, tomb of nespekashuty
Date: 664 – 610
Materials: limestone, varnish
Location: egypt
Portret van Caspar Janszoon Coolhaes
Object type: print
Date: 1688 – 1688
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: cologne, theologian, historical persons

Prent maakt deel uit van een grotere prent die later is verknipt. Prent waarschijnlijk uit: Freher, Paul. Theatrum virorum eruditione clarorum. Neurenberg: Johann Hoffmann, 1688.
Promenade de Sept Heures
Object type: page
Materials: paper
Techniques: photolithography
Location: spa
Artist: c.f.
Artist role: fotograaf
Subjects: avenue, boulevard, promenade, esplanade
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘SE VEND CHEZ F. ENGEL A SPA.’, inscription: ‘PHOTOLITH. SIMONAU & TOOVEY, d'après le procédé de Mr. ASSER.’, collector's mark: ‘EA’
Veuë et Perspective du Chasteau de Rincy du costé des offices
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1631 – 1661
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching, hand coloring
Location: paris
Subjects: castle, french or architectonic garden; formal garden

Gezicht op de kantoren van Château du Raincy. In de lucht een ornamenteel leeg wapenschild. Prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Sheet with an overall dot and floral pattern
Object type: print
Date: 1767 – 1866
Techniques: relief print
Artist: Anonymous
Artist role: artist
Phaeton Pattern Frame
Object type: decorative art
Date: 1907 – 1908
Materials: paper, varnish, wood
Techniques: etching
Location: england
Artist: theodore roussel
Artist role: print maker
Artist nationality: french, worked in england
Artist dates: 1847 – 1926
Lt. Kol. J. H. Holle
Object type: letter
Date: 1874 – 1874
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: writing
Location: haarlem
Artist: van breugel
Inscriptions: date

Brief, een pagina van dubbelgevouwen vel papier beschreven, gericht aan de gouveneur de K. M. A., Breda. Gesigneerd en gedateerd.
Burg "Lauenstein", thüringisch-fränkische Grenzwarte (Bankettsaal im Orlamünder Flügel)
Object type: ansichtkaart, prentbriefkaart
Date: 1905 – 1930
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: photograph
Location: ludwigsstadt
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: castle, interior of the house, vault ~ architecture
Studie, mogelijk van een dier in een landschap
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1883 – 1885
Materials: paper, pencil
Location: the hague
Artist: george hendrik breitner
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1857 – 1923
Subjects: mammals, landscapes

Pagina 18 uit een schetsboek met 17 bladen.
Headscarf
Object type: headscarf
Date: 1850 – 1899
Materials: cotton, metal
Culture: russian
Elderly Man of Isfahan
Object type: illustrated album leaf or single work
Date: 1680 – 1700
Materials: paper
Location: india
Subjects: men,portraits
Spotprent op de nieuwe Amerikaanse oorlogsschepen, 1862
Object type: print
Date: 1862 – 1862
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: netherlands
Subjects: paris, london, napoleon iii (keizer der fransen), navy (+ motor ships), personifications of countries, nations, states, districts, etc., stall, booth (~ market), slavery; serfs and enslaved persons, united states of america, france, england

Spotprent met John Bull (Engeland) en keizer Napoleon III bij een Amerikaanse kraam waar geen katoen meer verkrijgbaar is maar wel de nieuwe Amerikaanse oorlogsschepen de Merrimac en de Monitor. Een tot slaaf gemaakte man van Afrikaanse oorsprong kijkt om de hoek van de kraam. Naar aanleiding van de rol van deze schepen tijdens de Slag bij Hampton Roads op 9 maart 1862 tijdens de Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog. Plaat verschenen bij het weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, nr. 18, 3 mei 1862.
A Dandy & a Dandyzette
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: england
Artist: george cruikshank
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1792 – 1878
Small Round Lidded Basket
Object type: basket, round, decorated
Date: 1492 – 1473
Materials: cord, linen, leaf
Location: egypt

This small, round basket is made of halfa grass coils with the design created using grass dyed black and red. The linen cord at the top is probably there to help remove the tightly fitting lid. The basket may have held jewelry originally, but contained only one blue faience bead when it was opened. The basket was found inside another basket (36.3.59) from Hatnefer's tomb (36.3.1).
Holy Water Basin
Object type: holy water basin
Date: 1800 – 1900
Materials: earthenware
Techniques: glazing
Culture: mexican
Location: mexico
Subjects: flowers,cross
Tumbler
Object type: tumbler
Date: 1700 – 1800
Materials: glass, lead
Techniques: glassblowing
Culture: american
Location: united states
Portret van Helga Franckenfeldt
Object type: carte de visite
Date: 1870 – 1885
Materials: cardboard, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: stockholm
Artist: gösta florman
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1831 – 1900
Subjects: historical persons - bb - woman, portrait of actor, actress
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Gösta Florman/ STOCKHOLM/ 28A Regeringsgatan 28 A.’, annotation: ‘Helga Franckenfeldt’
Funerary Cone of the Overseer of the Seal Min
Object type: cone, circular impression, min, overseer of the seal
Date: 1550 – 1295
Materials: pottery
Location: egypt
Subjects: hieroglyphs

This funerary cone is stamped with the impression of of a seal inscribed for a man named Min who was overseer of the seal. Funerary cones were used to decorate the facades of private tombs in western Thebes and multiple examples were made (see 15.2.47, .72; 15.10.39, .40; 28.3.31; 30.6.6). For a drawing of this impression see http://www.funerarycones.com/, number 499.
Betimmering, met overhoeks geplaatste Corinthische zuilen op piedestals, waartussen een randboog gedragen door pilasters, gevuld met schelp (fragment)
Object type: betimmering
Date: 1500 – 1600
Materials: wood
Location: france
Artist: Anonymous

Betimmering van notenhout, bestaande uit twee paneelomlijstingen. Deze bestaan uit een hoofdgestel, rustende op twee overhoeks geplaatste Corinthische gecanneleerde zuilen op piedestals. Hiertussen bevindt zich een randboog, gedragen door pilasters en gevuld met een schelp.
The Visitation
Object type: ansichtkaart, prentbriefkaart
Date: 1920 – 1950
Materials: cardboard
Techniques: photograph
Location: cambridge
Subjects: visitation (possibly joseph and/or zacharias present) (luke 1:39-56)
The Actors Matsumoto Koshiro II as Yoemon and Yoshizawa Sakinosuke III as Kasane, His Wife
Object type: print
Date: 1771 – 1771
Techniques: woodblock print
Location: japan
Artist: katsukawa shunsho 勝川 春章
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1726 – 1792
Portret van Richard Sibbes
Object type: print
Date: 1626 – 1750
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: theologian, historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 151
Arrowhead (<i>Yanone</i>)
Object type: arrowhead i yanone i
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: lacquer, steel
Culture: japanese
Location: japan
Subjects: dragons

Although today Japanese warriors are renowned most for their swordsmanship, archery, especially from horseback, has been an essential part of samurai warfare and culture for centuries. Arrows were fitted with heads of varying shape according to their intended use in war, the hunt, or target practice. Arrowheads made for use on the battlefield incorporated different designs intended for specialized purposes such as the piercing of armor or to cause maximum damage to horses and unarmored personnel. Large arrowheads, pierced and elaborately chiseled with landscapes, birds, flowers, dragons, and Buddhist divinities, were created to be admired for the beauty of their metalwork and design rather than for use in archery. Such highly elaborate examples may have been made for presentation or as a votive offerings to a shrine.