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The sculpture is a relief on a circular medallion featuring two figures. One figure is a male wearing long robes, a head covering, and holding an object resembling a laboratory flask. The other figure is a female wearing long garments, a head covering, and holding an open book and an armillary sphere. A dog and plants are depicted in the background. The sculpture appears to be bronze with inscriptions including "VAE SCV LAPIYS," "AVRAN IE," and "OPVS SPERANDI."

Sculpture1957.14.712.b

Aesculapius and Urania [reverse]

Sperandio

c. 1472 · bronze

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The image portrays three stylized, elongated sculptures with abstract faces on top. The faces have simple features such as round eyes and curved lines resembling smiles. The sculptures appear textured, possibly resembling organic material. They are monochrome in grayscale, with darker shades and lighter highlights. The sculptures are arranged vertically, facing the viewer, showcasing their front details. The design suggests a primitive or tribal aesthetic focusing on minimalist representation and texture.

Print2006.133.34.13

Aesculus parviflora

Karl Blossfeldt

1928 · photogravure

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The image displays a person standing upright, facing slightly to the right. The individual has a relaxed posture, with one hand resting in the folds of their garment. The person has distinct facial features, including a prominent nose, slightly open mouth, and curly, unkempt hair. They wear a long flowing garment with draped fabrics around their feet. In the background, there is a vertically lined pattern with the word "ÆSOPVS" above the person, identifying them as Aesop. The composition is sketch-like with fine lines and shading to depict details.

Print1948.11.121

Aesopvs (Aesop)

Francisco Goya after Diego Velázquez

1778 · etching [working proof]

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This is a drawing of a battle scene. The foreground shows mounted figures engaged in a skirmish. In the background, a town or village is under attack, with smoke and fire visible. Various animals like horses and cattle are present. The composition is detailed and intricate, conveying movement and energy. Text at the bottom adds context to the events depicted.

Print2022.193.2

Aetas Ferrea (The Iron Age)

Antonio Tempesta

c.1599 · etching on laid paper

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The image depicts a person standing with a dynamic pose. One hand is raised upwards and the other is pointing downwards. The individual's body is exposed with well-defined muscles. They are wearing a flowing piece of drapery attached from one shoulder. The person's face is angled upwards with finely carved facial features. They have curly hair and an object resembling antlers or tree branches on their head. No jewelry is visible. The background features swirling patterns resembling clouds, creating a dramatic setting around the figure. The oval framing adds to the sense of movement and energy in the composition.

Print1943.3.4635

Aether

Hendrik Goltzius

1588/1590 · chiaroscuro woodcut in gold, olive and black on laid paper

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The image shows a landscape with ruins and rocky formations. The perspective is slightly elevated, looking towards the scene. The horizon is high above the architectural remnants and blends into the sky. The brushstrokes are delicate, creating depth and texture with varying shades of grey. The ruins are in the foreground, with arches revealing more distant rocky cliffs. The color palette is mainly muted greys, giving the image an antiquated look. Beyond the ruins, there is an indistinct and abstract landscape, adding to the atmospheric quality of the piece.

Print1943.3.6890

Aetna Over Taormina

Joseph Pennell

1913 · lithograph

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This is a drawing of a scene in a town square. The detailed scene shows a conflict with figures clashing, some holding weapons. Above, there are two medallion portraits surrounded by martial imagery. The bottom of the image contains paragraphs of text in different languages. The drawing is detailed, depicting action in a historical setting.

Print2003.5.2

Afbeelding en waarachtigh Verhaal... (Representation of the True Story of Johan de Witt...)

Romeyn de Hooghe

1672 · etching and letterpress on laid paper

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This is a painting of a decorative textile design featuring a horse and other motifs. The composition includes a central image of a brown horse within a square frame with red and cream sections. The horse is shown with a saddle, on a patch of grass, with its mane and tail flowing. Surrounding this central panel are intricate designs including motifs of antlered deer heads, a bear, and floral elements. The art is bordered by fringes on the top and bottom in shades of red and pink. On the top and bottom red panels, there are initials or monograms rendered in golden lettering. Decorative bands with floral patterns run along the sides.

Index of American Design1943.8.494

Afghan

Ethel Dougan

c. 1937 · watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper

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The image displays a grid-like pattern of small, pixelated squares closely arranged to form an abstract mosaic. In the center, the design shows floral shapes with leafy extensions and white blossoms on a red background. The structure resembles cross-stitch or needlepoint designs and is complemented by a border of diagonal lines.

Index of American Design1943.8.519

Afghan

Renee A. Monfalcone

c. 1941 · watercolor and graphite on paper

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This is a painting of a stylized deer with antlers. The artwork features a cross-stitch design depicting the head and shoulders of a deer, prominently displaying its antlers. The pattern uses a grid-like matrix of small, colored squares, predominantly in shades of orange, brown, and cream, to create the image of the deer against a minimalistic background. The piece presents a blend of fine art and craftwork, mimicking the look of textile art within the medium of painting.

Index of American Design1943.8.495

Afghan (Detail)

Ethel Dougan

1937 · watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper

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This is a painting of a decorative textile design featuring a central horse motif. The artwork depicts a curtain-like textile with a dominant central panel showcasing an ornate horse standing on a grassy patch, with intricate detailing on its body. Surrounding the horse are vertical bands of deep purple adorned with designs of roses and horse heads. Red borders frame the textile. The texture is enhanced by fringe detailing, adding to its ornate appearance. In the lower right corner, a smaller inset panel displays a repetitive geometric pattern. Additional detailed ornamentation is present in the textile, with a subtle geometric pattern running vertically at the seams between bands.

Index of American Design1943.8.2742

Afghan Carriage Robe

J. Howard Iams

c. 1937 · watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paperboard

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Photograph2007.29.22

Afghan or Circassian Armour

David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson

1843 · salted paper print

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The image shows a grid of six rectangular sections with intricate patterns of curved and swirling lines. The patterns resemble stylized floral and leaf motifs, with a variety of colors such as greens, blues, pinks, and browns used to enhance the nature-inspired designs.

Index of American Design1943.8.225

Afghan Throw

Erwin Stenzel

c. 1938 · watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

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This is a drawing of a scene in a wilderness with animals and a figure. The image shows a nude figure reclining on the ground surrounded by a lion, elephant, and a mythological creature with a spiral tail. The detailed landscape includes trees and vegetation. The artist used elaborate line work to depict textures and musculature. The image is titled "AFRICCA" and dated 1575, with the initials S F.

Print1964.8.602

Africa

Etienne Delaune

1575 · engraving

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The sculpture features an elephant standing on a small, rounded rectangular base. It is made of dark material, likely bronze, with a polished finish. The elephant has detailed features such as tusks, ears, eyes, and trunk. The sculpture is small-scale relative to a real elephant and is suitable for decoration or art display. The dark color and smooth surface accentuate the elephant's form and details.

Sculpture2015.19.3842

African Elephant

Antoine-Louis Barye

model n.d., cast 1857/1873 · bronze

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Print2001.118.61

African Hospitality

John Raphael Smith after George Morland

1791 · mezzotint on laid paper

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Print2019.65.2

African Woman

Henri-Charles Guérard, after Eva Gonzalès

c. 1885/1889 · etching and drypoint printed in brown and black with scraping, heightened with white gouache, on laid paper

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The image shows a person standing. They are wearing a coat over a buttoned shirt and trousers, with a hat on their head. The person has distinct facial features with slightly raised eyebrows and an open mouth. One hand is relaxed at their side, potentially holding an object. The background is plain and slightly textured.

Drawing2015.19.2652

African-American Figure

James Goodwyn Clonney

c. 1840-1850 · graphite on wove paper

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The image shows a man with a rifle sitting against a tree, looking at two bears lying on rocks. Beside him, a donkey with supplies stands. The scene is filled with dense forestation and there is no visible horizon line. The artwork features intricate detailing, particularly in the textures of the trees and animals. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of black and white to create depth. The background is a dense forest with twisted branches and foliage.

Print2008.115.1745

After a Good Day's Sport

Stephen James Ferris after Felix Octavius Carr Darley

1888 · etching

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This is a drawing of two figures against a backdrop of a town with a church steeple. The drawing captures a scene in which one figure appears to comfort or support the other. The lines are expressive, using light and dark contrasts for movement and emotion. The background shows the outline of a town with buildings and a church steeple, suggesting a village or town setting. The use of space and line creates a narrative moment blending the figures' interaction with their surroundings in a minimalistic style.

Drawing1943.3.4111

After Douai

Jean-Louis Forain

probably 1918 · brush and black ink on laid paper

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The image depicts a landscape with a wide perspective. The horizon is prominent, showing an expansive sky. A figure stands near a tree, looking out at scattered vegetation. The brushstrokes create a detailed texture resembling pencil shading. The color palette is primarily gray. In the distance, a line of trees fades into the sky.

Print2008.115.5205

After Glow

Benjamin Lander

1885 · etching

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The image displays curving lines and rounded forms creating an abstract depiction of human figures on a textured background. The shapes evoke the appearance of intertwined bodies bending and stretching. The figures are positioned horizontally, bending downwards, with lines suggesting movement and interaction. The human forms are accentuated by subtle variation in tones and shading, enhancing their muscular definition and dynamic poses.

Drawing2015.19.329

After Strife

Arthur B. Davies

c. 1917-1928 · charcoal and pastel on gray paper mounted to board

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One person with brown skin lies on a patterned carpet and a nude woman, also with brown skin, stoops and holds a white cloth to her thighs in this loosely painted horizontal scene. A wall, painted with streaks and smudges of fog gray, white, and pale peach, spans the right two-thirds of the composition behind the people. In the leftmost third, a room bumps back in space, and an arched window there opens onto a view painted with strokes of shamrock green. We may be in a courtyard or another kind of brightly lit, enclosed space. The rug is loosely painted with visible dashes and dabs of raspberry pink, sapphire blue, mint green, pale yellow, white, and brown. The person lying on the rug is angled away from us, so the bare feet are closest, near the front left corner of the rug, and the head angles to our right, near the wall. That person is wrapped with white fabric over the head and chest, lemon-yellow fabric across the middle, and emerald green over the thighs. One ankle rests over the other, and the eye we see is closed. The nude woman stands just to our right, near the front right corner of the rug. Her black hair is short or pulled up. Dabs of gold around her neck suggest a coin-like necklace or large, round beads. Her full breasts hang as she holds the white cloth to her legs. The cloth is painted with short diagonal strokes, which cascade down her right leg, to our left, and pool on the floor. The toes of the foot we can see rest on the back of a pointed shoe painted with butter yellow and black. The other shoe sits just off the front edge of the rug, near the pooled white fabric. A side table with an octagonal top is at the back right corner of the rug, and is painted with crimson red, black, white, slate blue, and harvest gold. One orange is on the floor near the white fabric, and three more are near the back left corner of the carpet. A parrot, painted with an azure-blue body, white around the eye, a marigold-orange neck, and a pointed black beak, nibbles at an open orange on the floor nearby. A narrow white column rises from near the back left corner of the rug off the top edge of the painting. The wall behind the two people and the spaces in the room beyond, to our left, are loosely painted but with strokes that suggest geometric or lattice-like patterns. The artist signed the painting near the lower left: “Boldini.”

Painting2015.19.19

After the Bath

Giovanni Boldini

after 1889 · oil on wood

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The image shows a partial view of a person's upper body, focusing on their back and shoulders. The individual is positioned with their back slightly turned and head bent forward. Their facial features are not clearly visible due to the angle and shading, with long hair cascading down to partially obscure their face. The person's clothing is not distinctly detailed, and there is no visible jewelry or objects in their hands. Surrounding the figure is a textured shading, with a cluster of floral motifs or abstracted shapes in the upper background.

Print1946.21.110

After the Bath (La sortie du bain (Grand planche))

Edgar Degas

c. 1891 · lithograph on laid paper

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