EditorialBris? range of ivory, entirely painted with tempera over which a lacquer-like varnish, with a central cartouche in which 'the Triumph of Love' on the front and an Arcadian seascape at the back, surrounded by chinoiseries, whole painted with tempera ove...
EditorialGoat glove (?) Leather, ocher colored with incised, loose caps decorated with black satin ribbon embroidered with a black silk floral pattern, Right goat (?) Leather glove, loose caps decorated with black satin ribbon embroidered with a floral pattern ...
EditorialIllusion, being a naked young man who tries to bind himself to the wings. Marked: Hend. Perch., Johan Hendrik Baars, c. 1500 - c. 1999, gypsum, h 180 cm ? w 84 cm ? d 50 cm.
EditorialVase, The low, rejuvenating foot of the round vase is adorned with an engraved band of stylized leaf motifs. The vase rests on this, which is made up of a convex body and a high, slightly constricted neck. The body is divided at the widest point into s...
EditorialMaboroshi, Illusion., Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880, artist, 1857., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 33.1 x 23.1 cm., Print shows two men and two women sitting on the ground staring in disbelief at a wizard with an attendant floating on a cloud; corresponds t...
EditorialMaboroshi, Illusion., Utagawa, Kunisada, 1823-1880, artist, 1857., 1 print : woodcut, color ; 33.1 x 23.1 cm., Print shows two men and two women sitting on the ground staring in disbelief at a wizard with an attendant floating on a cloud; corresponds t...
EditorialGoat glove (?) Leather, ocher colored with incised, loose caps decorated with black satin ribbon embroidered with a black silk floral pattern, Left goat glove (?) Leather, loose caps decorated with black satin ribbon embroidered with a floral pattern i...
EditorialEdgar Degas: Three Dancers with Hair in Braids (Trois danseuses les cheveux en tresses), Edgar Degas, c. 1900, Pastel and charcoal on wove paper, Edgar Degas had a subscription to the Paris opera, where he studied its corps of ballerinas, capturing the...
EditorialMeans by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Le Antichit? Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 53.
EditorialRāva?a descends in a procession into the Nikumbhila grove in the bottom register, accompanied by Vibhī?a?a and many attendants. There he sees his son Meghanāda performing various sacrifices (above), with priests around the sacred fire and teth...
EditorialMeans by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Le Antichit? Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 53.
EditorialMeans by which the large blocks of travertine and marble were lifted during the construction of the large Tomb of Caecilia Metella, from Le Antichit? Romane (Roman Antiquities), tome 3, tavola 53.