EditorialFigure in the shape of a Japanese lady with an instrument, Image of porcelain in the shape of a Japanese woman playing on a musical instrument, a lute. Painted in underglaze blue, green, purple, brown, black and on the enamel gold. She is wearing a blu...
EditorialDerelict house CX. Upon seeing an old silly hut, which is bared from its thatched roof, and is ugly (title on object), View of a derelict house and barn. Pent from a book in which 36 prints with phrases. Print used in: F. van Hoogstraten, The school of...
EditorialDismas and Gestas, the Good and the Bad Thieves Dysmas and Gestas Dysmas, the good killer, The good killer, Dysmas, hangs in an expressive, tormented position with diagonally placed limbs from two tree trunks accumulated cross, the ropes with which it ...
EditorialPanels from an organ case in the Saint Vitus church in Naarden, Panel with a Knight Supporting an Escutcheon, from the Organ Case in St Vitus's Church, Naarden, Beardless youth, three-quarters to the left. The right hand holds a bared sword with the po...
EditorialPanels from an organ case in the church of Saint Vitus in Naarden, Panel with a Knight Supporting an Escutcheon, from the Organ case in St Vitus's Church, Naarden, Bearded man, three-quarters to the right. The armored left hand holds his bared, raised ...
EditorialBust of a young man, Study. Bust of a young man with long hair, he bends the head that is used in profile on the left backwards, his chest is bared., Adult man, Fran?ois Eisen (mentioned on object), 1705 - 1778, paper, etching, h 126 mm ? w 78 mm.
EditorialFolding fan, consisting of a single sheet of thin leather on which with a gouache a Gods meal (?) Surrounded by a border with red, blue and gold quinoiser motifs, on a frame of ivory ajour and carved in relief, In a garden with many water features, nin...
EditorialTable with a round leaf of malacrite in gilt bronze, resting on three winged female figures bared with the upper body, the lower part of which is surrounded by palmetal leafwork and merging with box legs, Table with a round leaf resting on three winged...
EditorialNoah, involving the ark (fragment), Irregular oval, lead plaque (fragment). A female figure, the breasts bared and striding to the left, holds a vase on the head with her left hand and in the right, resting on the hip, a basket of fruits. Next to her a...
EditorialBerthe of needle lace with a barbed soil and inserts of fine needle-edged grounds, Berthe of natural-colored needle-edged: Venetian relief lace with a bared soil and fields in which alternately a gauze-edged soil and an Alen?on soil have been applied. ...
EditorialBudai, Image of a sitting fat man with a beard, one hand on the raised knee, the mantle has sunk so that the belly and shoulders are bared. The rear is only roughly machined. (crack in belly, nose worn)., anonymous, China, c. 1600 - c. 1699, ivory, h 5...
EditorialA Confession Of Faith. "Yes Sir, I bared my political life in pure sincerity before my country. I was convinced that my true love for our institutions would make me worthy of representing my fellow citizens. I was wrong, Monsieur, it seems the nation w...
EditorialThe death of Suhrab. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w. 1614. The death of Suhrab. He has bared his arm and shoulder to show Rustam the signet: crowded scene in a strongly coloured landscape. 30 by 19.5 cm. Image taken from Shahnama o...
EditorialArthur Wellesley (1769?1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, 1823, British, Marble; column of red scagliola with marble foot, Height (bust): 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm); Height (column): 47 3/4 in. (121.3 cm), Sculpture, Sir Francis Chantrey (British, 1781?1841), We...
EditorialCovered Jar (Hu), Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.?A.D. 9), 2nd?1st century B.C., China, Earthenware with painted decoration, H. 18 in. (45.7 cm); Diam. 11 in. 27.9 cm); Diam. of rim 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm); Diam. of foot 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm), Tomb Pottery, Th...
Editorial'A Horse Affrighted by a Lion', 1777. The picture is intended to express the terror of the horse and to invite the spectator to identify with the innocent and beautiful victim. The sublime emotional intensity is reinforced by the stormy weather and the...