Collections: API: Response: Object

The OBJECT element represents a single piece of art. Returned in the context of calls to collection.search, collection.getItem

Attributes

id (Required)

The numeric ID for the object.

uri (Required)

A link to the item on the Brooklyn Museum Web site.

type (Optional)

In some contexts OBJECT elements will include a type attribute with value "object" to make the element type determinable in JSON responses.

title (Optional)

The title of the object, if available.

accession_number (Optional)

The accession number of the object.

object_date (Optional)

A string representation of the object date if available. The format of this field varies wildly. Use object_date_begin and object_date_end for specific comparable values.

object_date_begin (Optional)

An integer representing the the first year the object may have been created. B.C.E. years represented as negative numbers.

object_date_end (Optional)

An integer representing the the last year the object may have been created. B.C.E. years represented as negative numbers.

medium (Optional)

The object medium, if available.

label (Optional)

The official object label if available - as displayed in the museum. May contain minimal HTML.

signed (Optional)

Information about signatures found on the piece, if any.

inscribed (Optional)

Information about inscriptions found on the piece, if any.

credit_line (Optional)

Information about whom should be credited for the acquisition, if any.

classification (Optional)

The category of the object.

collection (Optional)

The name of the Brooklyn Museum collection responsible for the object (e.g., "Asian Art")

location (Optional)

If the object is on view, this attribute will give the museum location (e.g., "Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor")

description (Optional)

The catalog description of the element. Note that when the label attribute is available it generally contains a more polished description of the object.

rank (Optional)

In many contexts where an OBJECT element has many siblings (e.g., calls to collection.search), the rank attribute can be used to determine relative order for the current sort (see sort_field and sort_direction parameters).

Sub Elements

IMAGES (Optional)

Max 1 Occurence

ARTISTS (Optional)

Max 1 Occurence

GEOLOCATIONS (Optional)

Max 1 Occurence

Parent Elements

RESULTSET

ARTIST