Categories for the Description of Works of Art

Core Element Sample Record

OBJECT/WORK: Father and Son
    TYPE: Painting
    COMPONENTS: none
        TYPE:
CLASSIFICATION:
    TERM: Painting
TITLES OR NAMES:
    TEXT:   Father and Son 
CREATION:
    CREATOR:
        IDENTITY:
            NAMES: Budington, Jonathan
            DATES/LOCATIONS: fl. 1800/United States
            NATIONALITY/CULTURE/RACE: American
            LIFE ROLES: Artist
        ROLE: Artist 
    DATE: 1800
SUBJECT MATTER:
    DESCRIPTION: Seated man in foreground, boy in back
        DESCRIPTION INDEXING TERMS: man, boy, cravat, coat, book. collar 
    IDENTIFICATION: Seated father, with son
        IDENTIFICATION INDEXING TERMS: 
    INTERPRETATION: Portrait of father and son
        INTERPRETATION INDEXING TERMS: father, son, portrait 
RELATED VISUAL DOCUMENTATION (non core, but applicable to electronic representations)
    RELATIONSHIP TYPE: surrogate
    IMAGE TYPE: jpeg
    IMAGE MEASUREMENTS: 73.4 KB; 19 x 21 cm displayed
    COLOR:  color
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        INDEXING TERMS
    IMAGE OWNERSHIP:
        OWNER'S NAME: National Gallery of Art, Washington 
        OWNER'S NUMBERS:  NGAIMGM/1956.13.1.1
    IMAGE SOURCE:
        NAME: Museum Educational Site License Project
        NUMBER: NGAIMGM/1956.13.1.1
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    REMARKS:
    CITATIONS:
CURRENT LOCATION:
    REPOSITORY NAME: National Gallery of Art 
    GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION: Washington, D.C.
    REPOSITORY NUMBERS: 1956.13.1