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TitleUgonachonma (The Eagle Seeks Out Beauty) Display Figure

Creator nationality/cultureIgbo

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood, pigment, and mirror

LocationSeattle Art Museum

https://art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/8412/ugonachomma-the-eagle-seeks-out-beauty-display-figure

Accession number81.17.525

SubjectsCeremonial objectsWood sculpture, IgboWomen in art

StatusNigeria

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Beauties and Beasts among the Igbo

Herbert M. Cole

The Language of Beauty in African Art

The Igbo peoples of southeastern Nigeria are well known for two complementary classes of masks: white-faced, fine-featured females, and large dark heads with aggressive teeth and multiple horns...

Author

Herbert M. Cole

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Related print edition pages: pp.290-295

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00326.14

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22989&redirecttoanchor=83934

Chapter subject tags:Masks, IgboMythology, Igbo (African people)Igbo (African people)--Rites and ceremoniesIgbo (African people)--Social life and customsArt, African--20th centuryAesthetics, AfricanMasks, African

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Embroidery

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1882–1883

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsConté crayon on Michallet paper

Dimensions12 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (31.2 × 24.1 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/334652

Accession number55.21.1

Embroidery

Female figure with an apron table

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 300–700

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 5/8 x 7 5/8 in. (34 x 24.5 x 19.4 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/312579

Accession number1979.206.357

Female figure with an apron table

Portrait After a Costume Ball (Portrait of Mme Dietz-Monnin), detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameDegas, Edgar

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1879

Object typePainting

MaterialsDistemper or gouache, charcoal, pastel, metallic paint, and oil on unprimed canvas

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/80604

Accession number1954.325

Portrait After a Costume Ball (Portrait...

Portrait After a Costume Ball (Portrait of Mme Dietz-Monnin), detail

Woman with a Birdcage

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameTamayo, Rufino

Creator nationality/cultureMexican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1941

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions43 1/4 x 33 in. (109.4 x 83.8 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/44084

Accession number1942.57

Woman with a Birdcage

The Schoolmistress

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 09

Creator nameChardin, Jean-Siméon

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1735–1740

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions24 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. (61.6 x 66.7 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jean-simeon-chardin-the-young-schoolmistress

Accession numberNG4077

The Schoolmistress

Woman Resting

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameParmigianino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1524–1527

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack chalk with white heightening on prepared paper

Dimensions9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (23.1 x 17.5 cm)

LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London

Accession numberD.1978.PG.96

Woman Resting

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameParmigianino

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1527–1530

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

Dimensions5 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (13 x 11.3 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Woman Resting

Woman Seated by an Easel

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1884–1888

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack chalk on cream wove paper

Dimensions30.5 x 23.3 cm (12 x 9 3/16 in.)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

https://hvrd.art/o/297471

Accession number1951.70

Woman Seated by an Easel

Decorative Figure on Ornamental Ground

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMatisse, Henri

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1925–1926

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions51 1/8 x 38 5/8 in. (130 x 98 cm)

LocationMusée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/ressources/oeuvre/pmYML7A

Accession numberAM 2149 P

Decorative Figure on Ornamental Ground

Weary

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1878

Object typePainting

MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, and scraping, heightened with gum glaze, over graphite, on medium-weight, rough-textured, ivory wove paper, laid down on gray board

Dimensions9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (24.1 x 31.1 cm)

LocationTerra Foundation for American Art, Chicago

https://collection.terraamericanart.org/objects/232/weary

Accession number1992.41

Weary

Woman Fastening Her Garter

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 23

Creator nameManet, Edouard

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1878–1879

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions55 × 46 cm

LocationOrdrupgaard, Copenhagen

Woman Fastening Her Garter

Nude with Raised Arms

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 09

Creator namePicasso, Pablo

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1907

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationThyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano, Switzerland

Nude with Raised Arms

Study for "Deluge with the Benediction of the Seed of Noah"

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 26

Creator namePontormo

Creator name (description)Creator uncertain; attributed to Jacobo da Pontormo

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1557

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack chalk

Dimensions10 1/2 x 16 1/8 in. (26.8 x 41 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/228211001

Accession number1974,0406.36

Study for "Deluge with the Benediction...

Study for "Deluge with the Benediction of the Seed of Noah"

Madame Seurat, the Artist's Mother

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1882–1883

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsConté crayon on Michallet paper

Dimensions12 × 9 3/16 in.

LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/182800/georges-seurat-madame-seurat-the-artist's-mother-madame-seurat-mere-french-about-1882-1883/

Accession number2002.51

Madame Seurat, the Artist's Mother

Queen of Hearts, infrared reflectogram

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameDe Kooning, Willem

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1943–1946

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil and charcoal on fiberboard

Dimensions46 1/8 x 27 1/2 in. (117 x 70 cm)

LocationHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://hirshhorn.si.edu/search-results/search-result-details/?edan_search_value=66.1223

Accession number66.1223

Queen of Hearts, infrared reflectogram

Young Woman Sewing

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1876

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on off-white wove paper

Dimensions9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (24.8 x 19.7 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.166493.html

Accession number2014.79.40

Young Woman Sewing

Woman Sewing

On the Balcony

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1882–1883

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsConté crayon

Dimensions12 × 9 3/8 in.

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020031607

On the Balcony

A Woman Scraping Vegetables

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 09

Creator nameChardin, Jean-Siméon

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1738

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions18 1/4 x 14 5/8 in. (46.2 x 37 cm)

LocationBayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Munich

http://www.pinakothek.de/en/jean-baptiste-simeon-chardin/woman-peeling-turnips

Accession numberInv. no. 1090

A Woman Scraping Vegetables

Woman Knitting

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1882

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsBlack crayon with metallic silver paint and black chalk on tan laid paper

Dimensions32.2 x 24.5 cm (12 11/16 x 9 5/8 in.)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

https://hvrd.art/o/297474

Accession number1943.919

Woman Knitting

Three Tahitian Women

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameGauguin, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Dimensions9 5/8 x 17 in. (24.4 x 43.2 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/438000

Accession number1997.60.3

Three Tahitian Women

Mariana in the Moated Grange

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 25

Creator nameMillais, John Everett

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1851

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on mahogany

Dimensions23 1/2 × 19 1/2 in.

LocationTate, London

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/millais-mariana-t07553

Accession numberT07553

Mariana in the Moated Grange

Girl Reading a Letter

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 09

Creator nameSchalcken, Godfried

Creator nationality/cultureDutch

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1675–1700

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

LocationGemäldegalerie, Dresden, Germany

Girl Reading a Letter

A Lady Sealing a Letter

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 09

Creator nameChardin, Jean-Siméon

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1733

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

A Lady Sealing a Letter

Why Are You Angry? (No te aha oe riri), detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameGauguin, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1896

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16496

Accession number1933.1119

Why Are You Angry? (No te aha oe riri),...

Why Are You Angry? (No te aha oe riri), detail

The Moon Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator namePollock, Jackson

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1942

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions69 x 43 in. (175.2 x 109.3 cm)

LocationPeggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/3473

Accession number76.2553.141

The Moon Woman

The Large Bathers, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 07

Creator nameCézanne, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1894–1906

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationBarnes Foundation, Philadelphia

https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/7004/The-Large-Bathers-(Les-Grandes-baigneuses)/

Accession numberBF934

The Large Bathers, detail

The Large Bathers (Les grandes baigneuses), detail

At the Sculpture Exhibition

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator nameCurran, Charles Courtney

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1895

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions18 x 22 in. (45.7 x 55.9 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/11226

Accession number1973.103

At the Sculpture Exhibition

Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King Ahasuerus

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 23

Creator nameChassériau, Théodore

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1841

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions45.5 × 35.5 cm

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010060208

Accession numberR.F. 3900

Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King...

Esther Preparing Herself to Meet King Ahasuerus

Woman and Elephant

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1877

Object typePainting

MaterialsTransparent and opaque watercolor, over graphite, on smooth, medium-weight, cream wove paper

Dimensions11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (29.8 x 22.2 cm)

LocationAlbirght -Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

http://www.albrightknox.org/collection/search/piece:452/

Accession number59.4

Woman and Elephant

Standing female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions29 x 15 1/4 x 9 in. (73.7 x 38.6 x 22.9 cm)

LocationHudson Museum, University of Maine, Orono

http://umaine.edu/hudsonmuseum/palmer-collections/hm3190/

Accession numberHM3190

Standing female figure

The Drawing Class

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1810–1813

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on cream wove paper

Dimensions14 5/8 x 24 in. (37.2 x 60.9 cm)

LocationArt Institue of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/90386

Accession number1951.202

The Drawing Class

Mrs. George Swinton

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1897

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions90 x 49 in.

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/4749

Accession number1922.4450

Mrs. George Swinton

Two Venetian Ladies

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameCarpaccio, Vittore

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1490

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil and tempera on panel

Dimensions37 1/4 x 25 in. (94.5 x 63.5 cm)

LocationMuseo Correr, Venice

http://www.archiviodellacomunicazione.it/Sicap/OpereArte/1781/?WEB=MuseiVE

Accession numberCI. I n. 0046

Two Venetian Ladies

Woman in a Carriage

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1883

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsConté crayon

Dimensions12 × 9 1/4 in. (30.5 × 23.5 cm)

Woman in a Carriage

The Veil

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1883

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsConté crayon

Dimensions12 3/8 × 9 1/2 in. (31.5 × 24.2 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020145808

The Veil

Feyntje van Steenkiste

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameHals, Frans

Creator nationality/cultureDutch

Dimensions48 3/8 x 36 5/8 in. (123 x 93 cm)

LocationCity of Amsterdam, on loan to the Rijksmuseum

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/SK-C-557

Accession numberSK-C-557

Feyntje van Steenkiste

Queen of Hearts

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameDe Kooning, Willem

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1943–1946

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil and charcoal on fiberboard

Dimensions46 1/8 x 27 1/2 in. (117 x 70 cm)

LocationHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://hirshhorn.si.edu/search-results/search-result-details/?edan_search_value=66.1223

Accession number66.1223

Queen of Hearts

Salomé

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameTanner, Henry Ossawa

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1900

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions45 7/8 x 35 1/4 in. (116.5 x 89.4 cm)

LocationNational Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=23677

Accession number1983.95.207A

Salomé

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameSargent, John Singer

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1884

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions234.95 cm × 109.86 cm

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/12127

Accession number16.53

Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)

Madame Pierre Gautreau

Girl Washing her Feet

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameGraf, Urs, the elder

Creator nationality/cultureSwiss

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1520–1523

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

Dimensions5 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. (13.6 x 6.8 cm)

LocationÖffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland

Accession numberX.2293

Girl Washing her Feet

Study Head of a Young Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameVan Dyck, Anthony

Creator nationality/cultureFlemish

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1618–1620

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on paper, mounted on wood

Dimensions22 1/4 x 16 3/8 in. (56.5 x 41.6 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436259

Accession number57.37

Study Head of a Young Woman

Why Are You Angry? (No te aha oe riri)

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameGauguin, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1896

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions37 1/2 x 51 3/8 in. (95.3 x 130.5 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16496

Accession number1933.1119

Why Are You Angry? (No te aha oe riri)

A Party Angling

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator nameMorland, George

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1787–1790

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions63.5 x 76.2

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38766

Accession numberB2001.2.22

A Party Angling

Ovoid platform pipe

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8086627

Accession numberA326619

Ovoid platform pipe

A Woman Scraping Parsnips

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 09

Creator nameMaes, Nicolaes

Creator nationality/cultureDutch

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1655

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions14 x 11 3/4 in. (35.6 x 29.8 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/nicolaes-maes-a-woman-scraping-parsnips-with-a-child-standing-by-her

Accession numberNG159

A Woman Scraping Parsnips

Seated Female Figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Dimensions20.2 cm. (8 in. ).

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/50896

Accession number1958.14.2

Seated Female Figurine

Woman Pulling her Hair

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameRaimondi, Marcantonio

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation datec. 1515

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

Dimensions4 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. (10.5 x 6 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1437728&partId=1

Accession numberH,3.55

Woman Pulling her Hair

Female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationMuseo del Banco Central, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Female figure

Femme au chapeau (Woman with a Hat)

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMatisse, Henri

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1905

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions31 3/4 x 23 1/2 in. (80.7 x 59.7 cm)

LocationSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art

http://www.sfmoma.org/explore/collection/artwork/213

Accession number91.161

Femme au chapeau (Woman with a Hat)

Study

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 09

Creator nameBraque, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1907–1908

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and ink

Study

Untitled anthropometry 82

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameKlein, Yves

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1960

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on paper mounted to canvas

Dimensions61 1/4 x 110 5/8 in. (155.5 x 281 cm)

LocationYves Klein Archives, Paris

Untitled anthropometry 82

Editha and the Monks Searching for the Body of Harold, detail

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameHilton, William, II

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1834

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions19 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. (50.2 x 64.8 cm)

LocationTate Gallery, London

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hilton-editha-and-the-monks-searching-for-the-body-of-harold-n00333

Accession numberN00333

Editha and the Monks Searching for the...

Editha and the Monks Searching for the Body of Harold, detail

Female Slab Figurine (Two views)

Posted by:John Carlson

Dimensions5 1/8 in. (13 cm.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/8723

Accession number1958.86.10a

Female Slab Figurine (Two views)

Portrait After a Costume Ball (Portrait of Mme Dietz-Monnin)

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameDegas, Edgar

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1879

Object typePainting

MaterialsDistemper or gouache, charcoal, pastel, metallic paint, and oil on unprimed canvas

Dimensions33 5/8 x 29 1/2 in. (85.5 x 75 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/80604

Accession number1954.325

Portrait After a Costume Ball (Portrait...

Portrait After a Costume Ball (Portrait of Mme Dietz-Monnin)

The Game of Knucklebones (Les Osselets), x-ray study

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameChardin, Jean-Siméon

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1734

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions32 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (81.9 x 65.5 cm)

LocationBaltimore Museum of Art

Accession number1938.193

The Game of Knucklebones (Les Osselets),...

The Game of Knucklebones (Les Osselets), x-ray study

The Beloved (The Bride)

Posted by:John Carlson

May 17

Creator nameRossetti, Dante Gabriel

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1865-1866

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions82.5 × 76 cm

LocationTate, London

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/rossetti-the-beloved-the-bride-n03053

Accession numberN03053

The Beloved (The Bride)

Votive female figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nationality/cultureInca

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsSilver, feathers, and textiles

Dimensions5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (14 x 11.5 cm)

LocationMuseo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago, Chile

Votive female figurine

Female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Presley Norton, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Female figure

Stone slab carved in low relief

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 500

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsStone

LocationNational Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, New York

Stone slab carved in low relief

Hark! The Lark

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1882

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions36 3/8 x 31 3/8 in. (92.4 x 79.9 cm)

LocationMilwaukee Art Museum

http://collection.mam.org/details.php?id=19577

Accession numberL99

Hark! The Lark

Return from the Fields

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameBreton, Jules

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1867

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions27 3/8 x 41 in. (69.5 x 104 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection, United States

Return from the Fields

Standing Female Figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date100–600 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsOrange ceramic

DimensionsObject (figure 6): 13.5 x 8.1cm (5 5/16 x 3 3/16in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/100623

Accession number1974.36.6

Standing Female Figurine

Raptor talon effigy

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nationality/cultureMississippian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1250–1350

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsStone

DimensionsLength 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma

https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/611562

Accession number6125.1562

Raptor talon effigy

Woman in a Plaid Shawl

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 13

Creator nameEakins, Susan Macdowell

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1872

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas mounted to panel

Dimensions28 1/16 x 21 in.

LocationPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

https://www.pafa.org/collection/girl-plaid-shawl

Accession number1985.68.39.6

Woman in a Plaid Shawl

Bust of a Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator namePicasso, Pablo

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1908

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions28 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, Prague

https://sbirky.ngprague.cz/dielo/CZE:NG.O_8023

Accession numberO 8023

Bust of a Woman

The Outlook, Maine Coast

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1894

Object typePainting

MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with traces of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, spattering, and traces of scraping, over graphite, on moderately thick, slightly textured, ivory wove paper

Dimensions13 7/8 x 19 7/8 in. (35.4 x 50.5 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16812

Accession number1933.1246

The Outlook, Maine Coast

Skirt (Study for A Sunday on the Grande Jatte—1884)

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1885

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsConté crayon

Dimensions11 3/4 × 6 3/4 in.

LocationMusée Picasso, Paris

Skirt (Study for A Sunday on the Grande...

Skirt (Study for A Sunday on the Grande Jatte—1884)

Female Nude Standing

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameMonogrammist L. D.

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtching

Dimensions8 7/8 x 5 5/8 in. (22.7 x 14.3 cm)

LocationBibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris

Female Nude Standing

Woman Reading by Lamplight

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1882–1884

Object typeDrawing

Woman Reading by Lamplight

Standing Female Figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date900 BC–100 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensionsh. 5 1/2 in. (13 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/8820

Accession number1958.86.17

Standing Female Figurine

Female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureMichoacán

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationStokes Family Collection, Upper Nyack, New York

Female figure

Standing Female Figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date900-400 BC

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic with red and traces of white pigment

DimensionsOverall: 6.7cm (2 5/8in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/10936

Accession number1973.88.24

Standing Female Figurine

Standing female figure with geometric designs

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureMichoacán/Guanajuato

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationFowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles

Standing female figure with geometric...

Standing female figure with geometric designs

Two Tahitian Women with Mango Blossoms

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 07

Creator nameGauguin, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1899

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions37 × 28 1/2 in. (94 × 72.4 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436446

Accession number49.58.1

Two Tahitian Women with Mango Blossoms

Ginevra de' Benci, detail of background

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameLeonardo da Vinci

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1474–1478

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.50724.html

Accession number1967.6.1.a

Ginevra de' Benci, detail of background

Seated rotund figure with hands on hips

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureMichoacán

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection, New York

Seated rotund figure with hands on hips

Flamborough Head, England

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1882

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsGraphite and opaque white watercolor on medium-thick, slightly textured, tan laid paper with red and blue fibers

Dimensions17 3/4 x 24 in. (45.2 x 60.9 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/16791

Accession number1933.124

Flamborough Head, England

Description: Porch of the maidens (the "Caryatid Porch") and west façade,...

Porch of the maidens (the "Caryatid Porch") and west façade, Erechtheum

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator roleArchitect

Creation date421–406 BC

Object typeArchitecture

LocationAthens

Porch of the maidens (the "Caryatid...

Detail of porch of the maidens (the 'Caryatid Porch') and west façade, Erechtheum, Athens

Seated mother with eighty-seven children

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated mother with eighty-seven children

Figure of a high-ranking matron

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Figure of a high-ranking matron

Female figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date100 BC–AD 250

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions15.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 in. (39.37 x 16.51 x 11.43 cm)

LocationDenver Art Museum

http://collections.denverartmuseum.org/object/1983.111

Accession number1983.111

Female figurine

Seated female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Seated female figure

Head of a Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameLeonardo da Vinci

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1480

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsMetalpoint heightened with white on pale blue prepared paper

Dimensions7 x 6 5/8 in. (17.9 x 16.8 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020003165

Accession number2376 (recto)

Head of a Woman

Summer's Day

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 23

Creator nameMorisot, Berthe

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1879

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions45.7 × 75.2 cm

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/berthe-morisot-summers-day

Accession numberNG3264

Summer's Day

Standing Female Effigy

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date250 - 900

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic, painted with Chapopote and red paint

DimensionsHeight: 31 cm; Max. Width: 20.9 cm

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52963

Accession number1961.43.2

Standing Female Effigy

Lady of Fashion

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameVuillard, Edouard

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1891–1892

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on cardboard

Dimensions11 1/8 x 6 in. (28.4 x 15.3 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Lady of Fashion

Minnie Clyde

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1857

Object typePrint

MaterialsLithograph on cream wove paper

Dimensions13 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (34 x 25.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/190909

Accession number2007.308

Minnie Clyde

Nude Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator namePicasso, Pablo

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1909

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions36 1/4 x 28 3/4 in. (92 x 73 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Nude Woman

Kiss Me and You'll Kiss the 'Lasses

Posted by:John Carlson

May 16

Creator nameSpencer, Lilly Martin

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1856

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30 1/16 x 25 1/6 in.

LocationBrooklyn Museum

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1452

Accession number70.26

Kiss Me and You'll Kiss the 'Lasses

Looking Over the Cliff

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1882

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on paper

Dimensions20 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. (52.1 x 34.3 cm)

LocationPlainfield Public Library, New Jersey

Looking Over the Cliff

The Beach in Samur

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 18

Creator nameCovarrubias, Miguel

Creator nationality/cultureMexican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1937

Object typeDrawing

The Beach in Samur

Standing female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationDenver Art Museum

Standing female figure

Standing female figure with geometric designs

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureMichoacán/Guanajuato

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Standing female figure with geometric...

Standing female figure with geometric designs

Portrait of Esperanza Crespo

Posted by:John Carlson

May 11

Creator nameÁngel, Abraham

Creator nationality/cultureMexican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1924

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on board

Dimensions53 9/16 × 47 1/4 in. (136 × 120 cm)

LocationMuseo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City

Portrait of Esperanza Crespo

The Mussel Gatherers

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1881–1882

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor, over graphite, on slightly textured, cream wove paper

Dimensions14 5/8 x 21 5/8 in. (37 x 54.9 cm)

LocationBaltimore Museum of Art

https://collection.artbma.org/objects/389/the-mussel-gatherers

Accession number1956.226

The Mussel Gatherers

Kneeling female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

Dimensions24 x 15 x 12 in. (60.96 x 38.1 x 30.48 cm)

LocationLos Angeles County Museum of Art

http://collections.lacma.org/node/253547

Accession numberM.86.296.1

Kneeling female figure

Ceremonial earspools and earspool attachments

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator roleJeweler

Object typeJewelry

MaterialsSpondylus shell

LocationCollection of Anthony Patano, Oak Lawn, Illinois

Ceremonial earspools and earspool...

Ceremonial earspools and earspool attachments

Female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationMuseo del Banco Central, Quito, Ecuador

Female figure

Woman with Black Bow

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 22

Creator nameSeurat, Georges

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1882

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsConté crayon

Dimensions12 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (31.5 × 24.5 cm)

LocationMusée d'Orsay, Paris

Woman with Black Bow

Night Form

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameBaziotes, William

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1947

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions48 x 36 in.

LocationWashington University Gallery of Art, Saint Louis

http://www.kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu/collection/explore/artwork/291

Accession numberWU 3848

Night Form

Death and the Maiden

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameMunch, Edvard

Creator nationality/cultureNorwegian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1893

Object typePainting

MaterialsMixed media on canvas

Dimensions50 3/4 x 33 7/8 in. (129 x 86 cm)

LocationMunch Museum, Oslo

Death and the Maiden

Study for frontispiece to "Othello, the Moor of Venice"

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator nameGravelot

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1740

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsPen and brown wash

LocationThe Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

Study for frontispiece to "Othello, the...

Study for frontispiece to "Othello, the Moor of Venice"

Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDe Kooning, Willem

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1949

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil, enamel, and charcoal on canvas

Dimensions60 x 47 7/8 in. (152.4 x 121.6 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Woman

The Game of Knucklebones (Les Osselets)

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameChardin, Jean-Siméon

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1734

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions32 1/4 x 25 3/4 in. (81.9 x 65.5 cm)

LocationBaltimore Museum of Art

https://collection.artbma.org/objects/37120/the-game-of-knucklebones

Accession number1938.193

The Game of Knucklebones (Les Osselets)

Sacred and Profane Love

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 20

Creator nameTitian

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1515

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions3 ft. 11 in. × 9 ft. 2 in.

LocationGalleria Borghese, Rome

https://galleriaborghese.beniculturali.it/en/opere/sacred-and-profan-love/

Accession number147

Sacred and Profane Love

Woman chewing coca

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nationality/cultureNazca

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 200–400

Object typeContainer

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensions6 x 5 x 4 1/2 in. (15.2 x 12.7 x 11.4 cm)

LocationMuseo Nacional de Antropología y Arqueología, Lima, Peru

Accession number103880, C-66315

Woman chewing coca

Two Women in a Doorway

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameEarle, Lawrence Carmichael

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1882

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque and transparent watercolor, over traces of graphite, on heavy cream paper

Dimensions22 5/8 x 15 3/4 in. (57.5 x 40.1 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/14601

Accession number1925.22

Two Women in a Doorway

Nude Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator namePicasso, Pablo

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1910

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions39 7/8 x 30 1/2 in. (101.3 x 77.6 cm)

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/51087.html

Accession number1950-134-166

Nude Woman

Fragment from the Cotton Genesis

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator name (description)Made by an Alexandrian painter

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation datec. AD 400–430

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationBritish Museum, London

Accession numberCotton MS. Otho B.VI, fol. 4

Fragment from the Cotton Genesis

Odalisque

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 23

Creator nameManet, Edouard

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1862–1868

Object typePainting

Materialswatercolor and ink and gouache

Dimensions13 × 20 cm

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020022163

Odalisque

Fresh Eggs

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1874

Object typePainting

MaterialsTransparent and opaque watercolor, with graphite, on wove paper

Dimensions9 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (23.7 x 19.3 cm)

LocationNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/Collection/art-object-page.89671.html

Accession number1994.59.26

Fresh Eggs

Women, detail of frieze from the Parthenon

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator namePhidias

Creator name (description)Designed by Phidias

Creator nationality/cultureGreek

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 447–432 BC

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationBritish Museum, London

Women, detail of frieze from the...

Women, detail of frieze from the Parthenon

Sleeping female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationAppleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida

Sleeping female figure

Seated female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated female figure

Kneeling human-feline effigy figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1400–1500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsWood

DimensionsHeight 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)

LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8061963

Accession numberA240915

Kneeling human-feline effigy figure

Lady playing cithara, wall-painting from a villa at Boscoreale

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 06

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 40 BC

Object typePainting

LocationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lady playing cithara, wall-painting from...

Lady playing cithara, wall-painting from a villa at Boscoreale

Female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureCentral Mexico

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date500–400 BC

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

DimensionsHeight 23 1/2 in. (59.7 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/117841

Accession number1991.395

Female figure

Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 23

Creator nameCézanne, Paul

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1894–1905

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationNational Gallery, London

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/paul-cezanne-bathers-les-grandes-baigneuses

Accession numberNG6359

Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)

Large Bathers, detail

Apollo and Daphne

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameChassériau, Théodore

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1845

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions20 x 13 in. (53 x 35 cm)

LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010067000

Apollo and Daphne

Monumental standing female figure with geometric designs

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureMichoacán/Guanajuato

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationBarbier Mueller Museum, Barcelona

Monumental standing female figure with...

Monumental standing female figure with geometric designs

The New Trinket

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameStevens, Alfred

Creator nationality/cultureBelgian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1865–1866

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions28 3/8 x 23 5/8 in. (72 x 60 cm)

LocationVan Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

The New Trinket

Girl Reading

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1879

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on paper

Dimensions7 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (19.1 x 23.5 cm)

LocationLunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine

Accession number2013.145

Girl Reading

Female figure with hands on knees

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima/Michoacán

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Female figure with hands on knees

La Loge

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 17

Creator nameRenoir, Pierre-Auguste

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1874

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions31 1/2 x 25 in. (80 x 63.5 cm)

LocationCourtauld Institute of Art, London

http://www.artandarchitecture.org.uk/images/gallery/1e028362.html

Accession numberP.1948.SC.338

La Loge

Woman with a Shawl

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 11

Creator namePerkins, Marion M.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Seated male figure held by a female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated male figure held by a female...

Seated male figure held by a female figure

Raptor talon effigy

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nationality/cultureMississippian

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1250–1350

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsStone

DimensionsLength 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Raptor talon effigy

Pipe

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 600–900

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsStone

DimensionsLength 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)

LocationNational Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Accession number18/2785

Pipe

Drawing for "Muestrario de mujeres"

Posted by:John Carlson

May 11

Creator nameAlva de la Canal, Ramón

Creator nationality/cultureMexican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1926

Object typeDrawing

LocationPrivate Collection

Drawing for "Muestrario de mujeres"

Standing Figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 11

Creator namePerkins, Marion M.

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date1947–1950

Object typeSculpture

Materialsmarble

Dimensions35 3/4 x 8 x 6 in. (90.8 x 20.3 x 15.2 cm)

LocationArt Institute of Chicago

http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/145292?search_no=2&index=0

Accession number1996.401

Standing Figure

Fruit Vendor

Posted by:John Carlson

May 11

Creator nameAlva de la Canal, Ramón

Creator nationality/cultureMexican

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1926

Object typeDrawing

LocationPrivate Collection

Fruit Vendor

Italian Landscape

Posted by:John Carlson

May 22

Creator nameShahn, Ben

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1943–1944

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera on paper

Dimensions27 1/2 x 36 in.

LocationWalker Art Center, Minneapolis

http://www.walkerart.org/collections/artworks/italian-landscape

Accession number1944.4

Italian Landscape

Seated female figure with a red hand sign

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated female figure with a red hand...

Seated female figure with a red hand sign

Seated female figure holding a plate

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima/Michoacán

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–400

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationCollection of Saul and Marsha Stanoff, Tarzana, California

Seated female figure holding a plate

Seated female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated female figure

Votive female figurines found with burial on Isla de la Plata

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nationality/cultureInca

Dimensions5 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (15 x 4 x 4 cm); 3 1/2 x 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (9 x 2 x 4 cm)

LocationField Museum of Natural History, Chicago

Accession number4450; 4551

Votive female figurines found with...

Votive female figurines found with burial on Isla de la Plata

Seated female

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima/Michoacán

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated female

Seated polychrome female figure with tattoos

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureJalisco

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated polychrome female figure with...

Seated polychrome female figure with tattoos

Standing Female Figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

DimensionsObject (figurine 4): 10.1 x 7.2cm (4 x 2 13/16in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/100621

Accession number1974.36.4

Standing Female Figurine

Seated Female Effigy

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date300 B.C.-100 A.D.

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic, chapapote

DimensionsOverall: 33cm (13in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/11050

Accession number1973.88.42

Seated Female Effigy

Standing Female Figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date900 BC-100 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensions5 1/8 in. h. (13 cm.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/8829

Accession number1958.86.18

Standing Female Figurine

Seated Nude Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator namePicasso, Pablo

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1909

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions28 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. (73 x 60 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Seated Nude Woman

Female rasp player seated on a stool

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date200 BC–AD 300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationCollection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Goldenberg, Los Angeles

Female rasp player seated on a stool

Standing Female Figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Dimensions22.5 cm (8 7/8 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/50346

Accession number1958.14.3

Standing Female Figurine

The Sorrows of Love

Posted by:John Carlson

Mar 19

Creator nameBoilly, Louis Léopold

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1790

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions45 x 55 cm

LocationWallace Collection, London

https://wallacelive.wallacecollection.org:443/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=65413&viewType=detailView

Accession numberP479

The Sorrows of Love

Out of the Past, still

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 16

Creator nameTourneur, Jacques

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleFilmmaker/Videographer

Creation date1947

Object typeFilm/Video/Digital Object Still

LocationRKO Pictures, Inc.

Out of the Past, still

Female effigy vessel with a double-macaw-headed diamond motif on her back

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 14

Creator nationality/cultureCasas Grandes

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date1280–1450

Object typeContainer

MaterialsRamos Polychrome

Dimensions12 x 8 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. (30.5 x 20.6 x 23.9 cm)

LocationPrivate Collection

Female effigy vessel with a...

Female effigy vessel with a double-macaw-headed diamond motif on her back

Ovoid pipe with broad rim

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1200

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsGreenstone

DimensionsLength 12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm)

LocationAmerican Museum of Natural History, New York

Accession numberT/720CAT1891-93-29

Ovoid pipe with broad rim

Votive female figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nationality/cultureInca

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 1500

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsSilver, feathers, and textiles

Dimensions5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (14 x 11.5 cm)

LocationMuseo Regional de Atacama, Chile

Votive female figurine

Seated Female Figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date900-400 BC

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic

DimensionsOverall: 36.7 x 21.5cm (14 7/16 x 8 7/16in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/10893

Accession number1973.88.22

Seated Female Figurine

Woman and Bicycle

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 16

Creator nameDe Kooning, Willem

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1952–1953

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions76 3/8 x 48 7/8 in. (194 x 124 cm)

LocationWhitney Museum of American Art, New York

http://collection.whitney.org/object/1081

Accession number55.35

Woman and Bicycle

On the Balcony

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 25

Creator nameCassatt, Mary

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1873

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions39 3/4 × 21 1/2 in. (101 × 546 cm)

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/104435.html

Accession numberW1906-1-7

On the Balcony

Pregnant Woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 01

Creator nameHare, David

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

Pregnant Woman

Kneeling female figure

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureNayarit

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 100–300

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationStokes Family Collection, Upper Nyack, New York

Kneeling female figure

Venus and Two Cupids

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 23

Creator nameDiaz de la Peña, Narcisse Virgile

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1847

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas laid on panel

Dimensions33.7 × 20.6 cm

LocationNational Gallery, London

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/narcisse-virgilio-diaz-de-la-pena-venus-and-two-cupids

Accession numberNG3246

Venus and Two Cupids

A Woman with a Rose

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1879

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor on paper

Dimensions12 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (31 x 21 cm)

LocationSan Diego Museum of Art

http://www.sdmart.org/collections/americas/item/1938.183

Accession number1938.183

A Woman with a Rose

Female keeper of the lineage insignia

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nationality/cultureJama-Coaque

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 200–400

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensions16 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. (42.5 x 27 x 24.3 cm)

LocationMuseo Arqueológico del Banco Central, Quito, Ecuador

Accession numberJC 1–22–75

Female keeper of the lineage insignia

Two-Headed Female Figurine (Two views)

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation date900-400 BC

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic with traces of red pigment

DimensionsObject: 10.8cm (4 1/4in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/10926

Accession number1973.88.23

Two-Headed Female Figurine (Two views)

Stela

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 08

Creator nationality/cultureSan Augustín

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 400–800

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsVolcanic stone

Dimensions26 x 13 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 34 x 12 cm)

LocationDenver Art Museum

Accession number1986.487

Stela

Woman on Pallet

Posted by:John Carlson

DimensionsOverall: 4.5 x 4.6 x 11.2cm (1 3/4 x 1 13/16in.)

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/14059

Accession number1974.112.4

Woman on Pallet

Female Slab Figurine

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 09

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. 200 AD

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensions12.8 x 12.5 cm (5 1/16 x 4 15/16 in. )

LocationYale University Art Gallery

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/52043

Accession number1958.14.19

Female Slab Figurine

Vessel in the form of a kneeling skeletonized woman

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureOlmec

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation date1200–900 BC

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationRaymond and Laura Wielgus Collection

Vessel in the form of a kneeling...

Vessel in the form of a kneeling skeletonized woman

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