EditorialOver 1,200 of Hollywoods biggest blockbuster film Artifacts and 20th and 21st century screen gems including John Travoltas Pulp Fiction suit and casino chips from James Bond film Casino Royale to dazzle the auction block
EditorialThe war between cats and mice; cats in armour guard a fortress attacked by mice-a popular medieval topic. South wall of Johanneskirchlein, St. John's chapel, Puergg, Austria. Late 12th.
EditorialSacred Love and Profane Love, around 1515. Painted for the wedding of Niccolo Aurelio and Laura Bargotto, Titian uses the neoplatonic topic of the various degrees of love, the nude woman (Venus) representing the intellectual and divine love, while the ...
Editorial[Whole folio] Diagram of a ‘cherub’ with six wings, standing on a wheel inscribed with the Seven Works of Mercy. On each of his six wings is inscribed a principle topic and the five feathers of each wing are inscribed with five sub-topics, concerni...
EditorialDrawing: Design saz aux dragons These floral renderings were very popular in Ottoman Turkey in the middle of the 16th century. The two dragons are a topic readily represented and whose origin comes from the figures of dragons decorating the Chinese por...
EditorialMiracle of the relic of the Holy Cross in the Campo San Lio, Venice. One of a series of paintings on that topic done by various painters for the School of St. John Evangelist, Venice. Around 1494. See 40-07-02 / 18 Oil on canvas, 318 x 458 cm Cat.564.
EditorialSacred Love and Profane Love, around 1515. Painted for the wedding of Niccolo Aurelio and Laura Bargotto, Titian uses the neoplatonic topic of the various degrees of love, the nude woman (Venus) representing the intellectual and divine love, while the ...
EditorialThe siege of Constantinopole, 1453, from the outer wall of Moldovita Church, Romania. The fall of Constantinople was still an interesting and moving topic almost 80 years after the event, when the murals were painted. Above: Christ's descent to limbo.
EditorialShe-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus, perhaps by Nicolas Cordier (1567-1612); a topic inspired by antique sculptures. Red and white marble, H: 70 cm MR 1649.
Editorial?, ??, ????, ?, Poems on Paintings, Written for Ma Yueguan, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), dated 1754, China, Album of eleven double leaves; ink on paper, Image: 6 5/8 x 10 3/8 in. (16.8 x 26.4 cm), Calligraphy, Jin Nong (Chinese, 1687?1773), In this album ...
EditorialLe Bassin d'Apollon [The Fountain of Apollo, Versailles], 1680s, Etching, Plate: 7 11/16 x 11 5/8 in. (19.6 x 29.6 cm), Adam Perelle (French, Paris 1640?1695 Paris), The impressive scale and complex layout of the palace and gardens of Versailles formed...
EditorialDrawing: Design saz aux dragons These floral renderings were very popular in Ottoman Turkey in the middle of the 16th century. The two dragons are a topic readily represented and whose origin comes from the figures of dragons decorating the Chinese por...
EditorialTete de martyr sur une coupe-head of a martyr in a bowl. Saint John Baptist, the pure hero ruined by the whims of a femme fatale, was a favourite topic among Symbolists. Charcoal and chalk on paper, 37 x 36 cm.
EditorialMiracle of the relic of the Holy Cross in the Campo San Lio, Venice. One of a series of paintings on that topic done by various painters for the School of St. John Evangelist, Venice. Around 1494. See 40-07-02 / 19 Canvas,365 x 389 cm Cat 566.
EditorialSacred Love and Profane Love, around 1515. Painted for the wedding of Niccolo Aurelio and Laura Bargotto, Titian uses the neoplatonic topic of the various degrees of love, the nude woman (Venus) representing the intellectual and divine love, while the ...
EditorialThe war between cats and mice; cats in armour guard a fortress attacked by mice-a popular medieval topic. South wall of Johanneskirchlein, St. John's chapel, Puergg, Austria. Late 12th.
EditorialThe siege of Constantinopole, 1453, from the outer wall of Moldovita Church, Romania. The fall of Constantinople was still an interesting and moving topic almost 80 years after the event, when the murals were painted. Above: Christ's descent to limbo.
EditorialShe-wolf nursing Romulus and Remus, perhaps by Nicolas Cordier (1567-1612); a topic inspired by antique sculptures. Red and white marble, H: 70 cm MR 1649.