Enter/select the name of a creator / artist (last name first). If the desired name is not displayed, try alternate spellings/forms (especially preferred names in the Getty Union List of Artist Names Online).
Example 1: Bellini
Example 2: giovanni finds any creator named Giovanni (with or without a family name).
Search "unknown" for anonymous creators, including a nationality if it is identified. Example: Unknown (Swiss)
Example 1: Bellini
Example 2: giovanni finds any creator named Giovanni (with or without a family name).
Search "unknown" for anonymous creators, including a nationality if it is identified. Example: Unknown (Swiss)
Enter a title word or phrase. Note that titles often vary in form and language. You can use the * placeholder for more results. Example: wom*n for woman or women.
Enter/select a museum, archive, church or other name (in the primary language of the institution). You can use the * placeholder for more results. Example: national* finds any institution name beginning with "National".
Enter/select an English-language instrument name from the displayed list, which is based on the Musical Instrument Museums Online (MIMO) terminology. Use the * placeholder for more results. Example: viol* finds viol, viola, violin, violoncello, viola da gamba, etc.
Enter/select a broad category of items. Examples: drawing, painting, sculpture.
Enter/select a term or phrase describing the creative materials/media and technique. You can use the * placeholder to find a term anywhere in the phrase. Example: *ink* finds "pen and brown ink with red wash".
Enter and select a creator/artist nationality (terms in English). Example: French.
Enter an alpha-numeric notation (best for precision) or text caption from the Iconclass browser at www.iconclass.org/help/outline. Use the * placeholder for broader searching of multiple sub-notations or word forms.
Example notation: 42D25 (for a wedding feast).
Example text caption: celebration meal
Example of notation with placeholder: 42* (retrieves all notations beginning with 42 in the family/descendance classifications)
Note: not all RIdIM records contain Iconclass data.
Example notation: 42D25 (for a wedding feast).
Example text caption: celebration meal
Example of notation with placeholder: 42* (retrieves all notations beginning with 42 in the family/descendance classifications)
Note: not all RIdIM records contain Iconclass data.
Enter/select the name of a depicted person (last name first, or given name of rulers). If the desired name is not displayed, try alternate spellings/forms.
Example 1: Debussy
Example 2: Claude
Example 3: Napoleon
Note: All saints begin with the abbreviation "St."
Example 1: Debussy
Example 2: Claude
Example 3: Napoleon
Note: All saints begin with the abbreviation "St."
Enter/select the name (last name first) of a composer of a depicted musical work. If the desired name is not displayed, try alternate spellings/forms. Example: Haydn
Enter a title word or phrase. Note that titles often vary in form and language.
Example 1: amour
Example 2: trio sonata
Example 3: music
Use the * placeholder for more results. Example: book*madrigals finds book of madrigals.
Example 1: amour
Example 2: trio sonata
Example 3: music
Use the * placeholder for more results. Example: book*madrigals finds book of madrigals.
Enter a name, word or phrase to find records which cite specific authors/sources.
Example 1: Leppert
Example 2: Music in art
Example 3: Imago musicae
Use the * placeholder for more results.
Example 1: Leppert
Example 2: Music in art
Example 3: Imago musicae
Use the * placeholder for more results.