EditorialMan's Sack Coat. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 29.2 cm (14 1/8 x 11 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 34" long. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialSack of Rome (410) led by Alaric I (ca. 370-410), King of the Visigoths (395-410), during the reign of Emperor Honorius. It was a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire. Colored engraving.
EditorialTomyris, shown nude from behind, placing the head of Cyrus into a sack held by a soldier, the decapitated body of Cyrus on the ground at her feet, from a series of four mythological scenes.
EditorialLarge plate (grande piatto): An episode from the Sack of Rome, 1527: the assault on the Borgo (?), ca. 1540, Italian, Urbino, Maiolica (tin-glazed earthenware), Diameter: 17 3/8 in. (44.2 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, workshop of Guido Durantino (Italian, Urb...
EditorialA man carrying sack striding to the left, ca. 1515?20, Engraving, sheet: 3 13/16 x 2 5/8 in. (9.7 x 6.7 cm), Prints, Nicoletto da Modena (Italian, Modena, active ca. 1500?ca. 1520).
Editorial'Bizhan Slaughters the Wild Boars of Irman', Folio from a Shahnama (Book of Kings), dated A.H. 741/A.D. 1341, Made in Iran, Shiraz, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, Painting: H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Codices, The colophon folio, now in the Sack...
EditorialSpanish Translation of Saint Augustine's 'City of God', 1446?82, Spanish, Tempera and gold on parchment, tooled leather binding, 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 x 3 in. (39.4 x 28.6 x 7.6 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Cano de Aranda (Spanish, active Toledo), The...
EditorialTerracotta Nolan neck-amphora (jar), Classical, ca. 450 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm), Vases, Obverse, the Greek hero Ajax seizes Cassandra, a Trojan princess and prophetess, during the sack of Troy, Reverse, a you...
EditorialJudith her sword raised in her right hand, placing the head of Holofernes in the sack with her left, ca. 1542?45, Etching, sheet: 6 5/16 x 3 3/8 in. (16 x 8.5 cm), Prints, Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola) (Italian, Zadar (Zara) ca. 1510??1563 Venice).
EditorialGlass jar, Late Imperial, 3rd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and trailed, Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. (7.3 x 7 x 4.8 cm), Glass, Colorless with pale green tinge; same color trail. Plain rounded rim; flaring mouth; short concave neck; sack...
EditorialTerracotta alabastron (perfume vase), Archaic, ca. 520 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm), Vases, On the bottom, gorgoneion (head of Medusa). The alabastron is unusual in both its shape and decoration. The body is sack...
EditorialPanels of a writing board, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 721?705 B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 13.19 x 6.3 x 0.59 in. (33.5 x 16 x 1.5 cm), Ivory/Bone-Implements, Recovered from a well in the Northwest Palace at Nimrud, where they had...
EditorialGlass jar, Late Imperial or Early Byzantine, 4th?6th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and trailed, H.: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue; trail in opaque white., Thickened, rounded rim, tooled into a trefoil shape with upward project...
EditorialSack bottle, ca. 1644, Made in England, British, Tin-enameled earthenware, H. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Ceramics, Lambeth Factories, Pear-shaped delftware bottles were produced in the potteries of Southwark and Lambeth, England, throughout the seventeenth centu...
EditorialArmenian bride wrapped in a sack, supported by two of her nearest relations. Illustration from Francois Pouqueville?s Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1805. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by...
EditorialWar of the League of Cognac (1526-1530). Sack of Rome on 6 May, 1527. Military event carried out by the troops of Holy Roman emperor Charles V (1500-1558). Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490-1527) and Constable of France, was in command of the imperial...
EditorialWar of the League of Cognac (1526-1530). Sack of Rome on 6 May, 1527. Military event carried out by the troops of Holy Roman emperor Charles V (1500-1558). Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490-1527) and Constable of France, was in command of the imperial...
EditorialHotei, Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between ca. 1830 and 1849], 1 print : woodcut ; 20.7 x 12.9 cm., Print shows Hotei, a portly figure, one of the seven lucky Japanese gods, with a large sack tied to a staff resting on his left shoulder.
EditorialATHLETIC SPORTS BY BOYS OF A TRAINING SHIP, 1883: 1. "Hall 'Ands for Three-Legged Race, Fall In." 2. The Long Jump on Slippery Grass. 3. Heaving the Lead. 4. The Three-Legged Race. 5. "Well, They Don't Get Much Pocket Money, Anyhow." 6. The Sack Race A...
EditorialHotei, Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849, artist, [between ca. 1830 and 1849], 1 print : woodcut ; 20.7 x 12.9 cm., Print shows Hotei, a portly figure, one of the seven lucky Japanese gods, with a large sack tied to a staff resting on his left shoulder.
EditorialMen's single-breasted suits in sack, men in spats and cloth caps. Scene from a polo game in the background. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male winter fashions from Bruner Woolens, 1920.
EditorialMen's two-button single-breasted suits in sack, with hotel lobby scene in background. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male fashions from Bruner Woolens, 1920s.
EditorialMen's single-breasted suits in sack, one holding an overnight bag and coat. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male fashions from Bruner Woolens, 1920.
EditorialSack of Rome (410) led by Alaric I (ca. 370-410), King of the Visigoths (395-410), during the reign of Emperor Honorius. It was a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire. Colored engraving.
EditorialRoman Art. Arch of Titus. Triumphal arch, with a single arched, located on the Via Sacra. South-East of the Forum. It was constructed by the emperor Domitian commemorating the capture and sack of Jerusalem in 70 (Jewish war). Detail from the arch of Ti...
EditorialSilver pendant, Slav (Kiev type), 12th century. This silver temporal pendant or earring is one of a pair. It would have been worn in the region of the temples, suspended from a crown or head-dress. The pendant is decorated with an interlaced, mythical ...