EditorialGreece, Athens. The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, 335-334 BC. Corinthian order. It was erected by the choregos Lysicrates, patron of musical performances in the Theater of Dionysus, to commemorate the prize in the dithyramb.
EditorialEquestrian Portrait of Cornelis (1639-1680) and Michiel Pompe van Meerdervoort (1638-1653) with Their Tutor and Coachman ("Starting for the Hunt").
EditorialSaint Antoninus of Pamiers. Early Christian missionary and martyr. Patron saint of the cities of Pamiers (France), Palencia and Medina del Campo (Spain). Portrait. Illustration by Llanta. Lithography. Cronica General de Espa?a. Historia Ilustrada y Des...
Editorial0310000102 Portable altar, Medieval, from Germany, c1200. Portable altar engraved with the four symbols of the Evangelists and Saints Peter, Andrew, Stephen and Lawrence. Above the altar-stone, (likely to be a variety of Purbeck marble), there is an iv...
EditorialLuxembourg. Echternach. Abby of Echternach. Original pre-abbey church, founded by missionary St. Willibrord, 698, the patron saint of Luxembourg. 700-800 Merovingian church, 800-1016 Carolingian church. 1031-1797 Original Romanesque basilica style, 186...
EditorialThe Last Judgment; The Virgin and Child with a Bishop-Saint and Saint Peter Martyr; The Crucifixion; The Glorification of Saint Thomas Aquinas; The Nativity.
EditorialThe Emperor Maximilian Presented to Christ by His Patron Saints. Hans Springinklee; German, c. 1495-after 1522. Date: 1519. Dimensions: 549 ? 388 mm. Woodcut in black on cream laid paper with xylographic text. Origin: Germany.
EditorialPatron Saints of Bologna. Dated: c. 1515/1520. Dimensions: sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 25.5 x 23.1 cm (10 1/16 x 9 1/8 in.). Medium: engraving.
EditorialLouis Royer, Sculptor, and Albertus Bernardus Roothaan, Stockbroker, Friend of the Arts, and Patron of the Sciences. Dating: 1825. Measurements: h 175 cm ? w 146 cm; d 11.5 cm.
EditorialTwo couple of historical figures in conversation Illustrations of national history (series title), In a garden two pairs of men are talking to each other. This concerns the English admirals Charles Howard, George Anson and Francis Drake and the Dutch a...
EditorialWilliam II, King of the Netherlands, patron of the Royal Dutch Yacht Club, Bronze Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: coat of arms, crowned with two flags, connected by ribbon with inscription, flanked by two sailors above pennants wit...
EditorialDella Trasportatione dell'Obelisco Vaticano et delle Fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V fatte dal Cavallier Domenico Fontana Architetto di sua Santita Libro Primo.
EditorialLantern Slide - Oak Statuette of St Cecilia, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1909-1930, One of a set of ninety photographic magic lantern slides containing images of artefacts, art works, decorative arts, interiors and furniture which appear to belong to var...
EditorialAllegory of the Constitution, The Dutch Virgin, seated on a throne with a stick with a hat of liberty in hand, points to a chained figure in the foreground (the rejected Constitution). She is flanked by a woman with a palm branch and by a female person...
EditorialAmsterdam as the Center of World Trade, Harpsichord Member showing an Allegory of Amsterdam as the Center of World Trade, Harpsichord lid showing the personification of the city of Amsterdam (the Amsterdam city maiden) on the left in the image with a r...
EditorialGiovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 1727-1804, after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, 1696-1770, The Patron Saints of the Crotta Family, between mid-18th and early 19th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper, Sheet (trimmed within plate...
EditorialPeter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640, Saint Ives of Treguier, Patron of Lawyers, Defender of Widows and Orphans, between 1615 and 1616, oil on canvas, Unframed: 113 ? 87 inches (287 ? 221 cm).
EditorialHortense, Queen of Holland, patron of the arts, Silver Medal. Obverse: bust of a woman inside an inscription in Greek. Reverse: Easel, a leg of which is surrounded by a rosary and with a painting on it, surrounded by a carved head, palette with brushes...