EditorialModel of a War Galley, Testified truss model of a flat-bottomed gun galley with thirty oars, on a standard, incomplete. The ship has one deck with raised section in the middle, the dulls lie on this raised section and the railing. No galleon, a single-...
EditorialFrans Hals: Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch, Frans Hals, 1643, Oil on canvas, For a long time the identity of this bearded man was unknown. Recent scholarship reveals that it is very likely a portrait of Mathijs Jansz Boeckels, a Dutch watchmaker fro...
EditorialFrans Hals: Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch, Frans Hals, 1643, Oil on canvas, For a long time the identity of this bearded man was unknown. Recent scholarship reveals that it is very likely a portrait of Mathijs Jansz Boeckels, a Dutch watchmaker fro...
EditorialFrans Hals: Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch, Frans Hals, 1643, Oil on canvas, For a long time the identity of this bearded man was unknown. Recent scholarship reveals that it is very likely a portrait of Mathijs Jansz Boeckels, a Dutch watchmaker fro...
EditorialGlass pendant with lion, Late Imperial, 4th?5th century A.D., Roman, Glass; stamped, Diam.: 13/16 in. (2.1 cm), Glass, Translucent amber yellow., Oval disk with thick rounded edge on right half; uneven, flat bottom; pierced suspension loop applied to f...
EditorialGlass beaker, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, H.: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm), Glass, Translucent deep cobalt blue. Outsplayed and thickened rim, with beveled upper edge; tall cylindrical body with slight S-shaped profile; pushed-in bott...
EditorialGlass alabastron (perfume bottle), Hellenistic, late 4th?early 3rd century B.C., Eastern Mediterranean or Italian, Glass; core-formed, Group II, H.: 6 5/16 in. (16 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in same color; trails in opaque yellow...
EditorialGlass aryballos (oil bottle), Late Imperial, 3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown in a two-part mold, H.: 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (9.5 x 8.3 cm), Glass, Translucent pale green with blue tinge; handles in same color., Thick everted rim, folded over, in, and ...
EditorialGlass perfume bottle, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown, H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); width 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm); diameter of rim 3/4 in. (1.9 cm), Glass, Translucent blue. Thin, everted rim; cylindrical neck, with tooled indent around base;...
EditorialCup with Molded Honeycomb Pattern, 7th?10th century or later, Probably made in Iraq, Glass, colorless with yellow tinge; dip-molded, blown, H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm), Glass, The imprecise 'honeycomb' pattern that decorates the surface of this vessel, as w...
EditorialGlass perfume bottle, Mid Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Cypriot, Glass; blown, 6 3/4in. (17.2cm), Glass, Candlestick unguentarium. Translucent pale green, with large purplish streak in body and lower part of neck. Thick rim folded out, over, a...
EditorialGlass rectangular bottle, Mid Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-blown, Overall: 7 3/8 x 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (18.7 x 10.8 x 7 cm), Glass, Translucent blue green, with same color handles., Thick rim folded out, round, and in, and pressed i...
EditorialGlass rectangular bottle, Mid Imperial, 2nd?3rd century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-blown, Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/16 in. (16.5 x 8.3 x 5.2 cm), Glass, Translucent deep blue green; handles in same color., Partially tubular rim folded out, down, round...