EditorialAix galericulata, Print, The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to East Asia. It is medium-sized, at 41?49 cm (16?19 in) long with a 65?75 cm (26?30 in) wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, th...
EditorialCharlemagne (742-814). King of the Franks (768-814,) the Lombards (774-814) and emperor of the Romans (800-814). Charlemagne visiting the construction works of Aix la Chapelle, in 796. Miniature of "Chronicles of France", 1494.
EditorialDeath of General Desaix (Louis Charles Antoin des Aix). One of the youngest Generals in Napoleon's armies, Desaix died in the Battle of Marengo.
EditorialImage from St John's Apocalypse. S. JOHANNIS Apocalypsis. S. JOHANNIS Apocalypsis. Lat. et Gall. Vellum, beginning of the 14th cent.; with miniatures, finely designed. Formerly belonging to the Carthusian house of Val Dieu or La Vaudieu, between Liége...
EditorialImage from St John's Apocalypse. S. JOHANNIS Apocalypsis. S. JOHANNIS Apocalypsis. Lat. et Gall. Vellum, beginning of the XIVth cent.; with miniatures, finely designed. Formerly belonging to the Carthusian house of Val Dieu or La Vaudieu, between Liég...
EditorialLa Nenuphar rouge de la Chine. Sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera, and Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz' Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultivent tan...
EditorialNine men from Antiquity. Painter: Tommaso Fini Masolino di Cristoforo da Panicale (1383-1447?) (after). Draughtsman: anonymous. Draughtsman: Barth?l?my d'Eyck. Draughtsman: Meester van de Annunciatie van Aix (rejected attribution). Draughtsman: Leonar...
EditorialThe Choir of the Capuchin Church in Rome, 1814?15, Oil on canvas, 77 1/2 x 58 1/4 in. (196.9 x 148 cm), Paintings, Fran?ois Marius Granet (French, Aix-en-Provence 1775?1849 Aix-en-Provence), Granet conceived this subject during Napoleon's occupation of...