EditorialWillem III on the throne and the ceremony with the royal camp fighter, 1689 King William the III on the Throne int Year 1689 / the King's champion (title on object), Sheet with two performances. Above King William III on the English throne, 1689. Below...
EditorialPradyumna Enters the Palace of the Demon Sambar and Challenges him to Battle, page from a manuscript of the Bhagavata Purana, c. 1775, Nepal, Nepal, Opaque watercolor on paper, 36.2 x 52.7 cm (14 1/4 x 20 3/4 in.).
EditorialSugrīva then tells Rāma and Lak?ma?a how powerful his brother Bāli is and how difficult it will be to defeat him. He tells the story of Bāli and the demon Dundubhi, who had assumed the form of a buffalo. The demon is shown rampaging about uproo...
EditorialBack outside the palace of Ki?kindhā (on the left), Rāma gives Sugrīva a gajapu?pī garland to distinguish him from his brother. Sugrīva challenges Bāli again and the two of them fight. Tārā had advised Bāli not to fight, seeing that his br...
EditorialSugriva (Monkey General) Challenges his Brother Bali, c. 1720. India, Pahari Hills, Nurpur, 18th century. Color on paper; image: 16.4 x 26.8 cm (6 7/16 x 10 9/16 in.); overall: 20.7 x 31 cm (8 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.); with mat: 36.3 x 49 cm (14 5/16 x 19 5/...
EditorialSugrīva then tells Rāma and Lak?ma?a how powerful his brother Bāli is and how difficult it will be to defeat him. He tells the story of Bāli and the demon Dundubhi, who had assumed the form of a buffalo. The demon is shown rampaging about uproo...
EditorialThe marshal of a tournament handing letters of challenge to a herald. The Heralds then rides away. The subject of the pictures is courtly love and the challenges associated with them. Beauchamp pageants. S. Netherlands [Bruges?]; after 1483. Source: Co...
EditorialBack outside the palace of Ki?kindhā (on the left), Rāma gives Sugrīva a gajapu?pī garland to distinguish him from his brother. Sugrīva challenges Bāli again and the two of them fight. Tārā had advised Bāli not to fight, seeing that his br...
EditorialSatan Challenges God to Remove his Protection from Job. Dated: 1562. Dimensions: sheet: 19.2 x 24.8 cm (7 9/16 x 9 3/4 in.) mount: 28.5 x 37.8 cm (11 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink over traces of graphite on laid paper, incised for transfer.
EditorialFooted Bowl with Scenes from the Gauttila Jataka, ca. 5th?6th century, Southern India, probably Andhra Pradesh, Copper alloy, H. 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Diam. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); Wt. est. 6 lbs (2.7 kg), Metalwork, This vessel is of great importance, not o...
EditorialMonumental vase, ca. 1890, French, Choisy-le-Roi, Porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 29 1/2 ? 19 1/4 ? 19 1/4 in., 71.3lb. (74.9 ? 48.9 ? 48.9 cm, 325kg), Ceramics-Porcelain, The massive scale of this vase represents a technical feat, even for a master li...
EditorialMaerten van Heemskerck (Netherlandish, 1498-1574), Satan Challenges God to Remove his Protection from Job, 1562, pen and brown ink on laid paper, incised for transfer.
EditorialFour tournament judges, juges diseurs, and the king of arms, roi d'armes, 15th century. The judges wear hats or hoods, doublets, stockings and cracows (pointed shoes). The king of arms wears a chlamys with a parchment painting of the coats of arms of t...