EditorialChrist belonging to the sculptural group of the Descent or Holy Mystery, 1250. Detail. Church of the Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses (San Juan de las Abadesas), province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
EditorialRomanesque Art. Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll. Founded by the Count Wilfred the Hairy in 879 or 880. Historic-artistic monument since 1931. Detail of the sculptural portic representing the King David and four musicians (above) and the second visi...
EditorialRomanesque Art. Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll. Founded by the Count Wilfred the Hairy in 879 or 880. Historic-artistic monument since 1931. Detail of the sculptural portic representing the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. Ripoll. Catalonia. Spain.
EditorialRomanesque Art. Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll. Founded by the Count Wilfred the Hairy in 879 or 880. Historic-artistic monument since 1931. Sculptural portic. Detail. Ripoll. Catalonia. Spain.
EditorialRomanesque Art. Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll. Founded by the Count Wilfred the Hairy in 879 or 880. Sculptural portico. Ripoll. Catalonia. Spain.
EditorialTwo toilet caskets Two toilet caskets Suitcase with Boulle- marquetry on base, Suitcase on base with sculptural, reminiscent of antique and renaissance examples, decoration with premiere partie Boulle marquetry of copper and turtle and gilt bronze fitt...
EditorialTwo toilet caskets Two toilet caskets Suitcase with Boulle marquetry on base, Suitcase on base with sculptural, reminiscent of antique and renaissance examples, decoration with copper and turtle Boulle marquetry and gilt bronze fittings. Part of a pair...
EditorialSculptural Frieze by Cavelier, Minerva Surrounded by the Muses of the Arts. Adolphe Terris; French, 1820-1900. Date: 1863-1873. Dimensions: 27.5 ? 37.5 cm (image); 27.5 ? 38.1 (paper). Cyanotype. Origin: France.
EditorialManuscript Illumination with Crucifixion in an Initial T, from a Missal, ca. 1400, Made in Avignon, France, French, Tempera, ink and gold on parchment, Overall: 3 7/16 x 3 9/16 in. (8.8 x 9 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, The use of shades of grey ...
EditorialThe Centurion and Two Soldiers, from a Crucifixion Group, ca. 1340?50, Made in Meuse Valley, Netherlands, Franco-Netherlandish, Marble, gilding, Overall: 26 7/16 x 8 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. (67.2 x 22.5 x 10.8 cm), Sculpture-Stone, Said to have come from the c...
EditorialTwo marble portrait heads from a relief, Early Imperial, Augustan period, ca. 13 B.C.?A.D. 5, Roman, Marble, H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm), Stone Sculpture, The sculptural style of these heads, characterized by smooth features and fashionable hairstyles, is o...
EditorialTureen in the form of a goose, ca. 1770, Chinese, made for export, Hard-paste porcelain, Overall (confirmed): 15 3/4 ? 14 ? 10 in. (40 ? 35.6 ? 25.4 cm), Ceramics-Porcelain-Export, This goose tureen is a significant example of Chinese export porcelain ...
EditorialLimestone statuette of a temple girl, Hellenistic or Early Imperial, 3rd century B.C.?1st century A.D., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 10 7/8 x 10 1/4 x 5 in. (27.6 x 26 x 12.7 cm), Stone Sculpture, Temple girls are a rare variation on the temple boy scu...
EditorialTerracotta figure of a woman, Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Terracotta, H. 17 3/4 in. (45 cm), Terracottas, The sculptural type of a woman wearing a peplos becomes prominent during the second quarter of the fifth century B.C., especially in s...
EditorialSculptural Relief of Victory from the Temple of Victory, the Acropolis, Athens, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey (French, 1804 - 1892), 1842, Daguerreotype, 18.8 ? 12.2 cm (7 3/8 ? 4 13/16 in.).
EditorialSculptural Frieze by Cavelier, Minerva Surrounded by the Muses of the Arts. Adolphe Terris; French, 1820-1900. Date: 1863-1873. Dimensions: 27.5 ? 37.5 cm (image); 27.5 ? 38.1 (paper). Cyanotype. Origin: France.
EditorialSculptural vessel. Ceramic. Lambayeque culture or Sican (700-1350 AD). North coast of the central Andes, Peru. Museum of the Americas. Madrid, Spain.
EditorialFrance. Paris. Triumphal Arch. Depart of 1792. La Marseillaise personified on the Arc de Triomphe. by Francois Rude. The sculptural group celebrates the cause of the French First Republic during the 10 August uprising. Above the volunteers is the winge...