EditorialDmytro, a Ukrainian soldier from Crimea, folds his uniform before running in a half marathon in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 30, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialDmytro, a Ukrainian soldier from Crimea, folds his uniform before running in a half marathon in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 30, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Mold gold cape, Bronze Age, c1900-c1600 BC. The cape is one of the finest examples of prehistoric sheet-gold working and is quite unique in form and design. It was labouriously beaten out of a single ingot of gold, then embellished with intense dec...
EditorialSatan with shield and spear. Notebook of William Blake. England; circa 1787-1818. [Whole drawing] Illustration relating to Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. Satan with shield and spear, beginning to soar upwards, while exhorting his Stygian council, who are in...
EditorialPart of a hat or collar of black bobbin lace, Part of a hat or collar of black bobbin lace: Old Flemish lace. The hat or collar can be called faintly heart-shaped, with a dull bottom with cut-out (for the neck?). A strip of lace runs along the recess, ...
EditorialFour angels around the monogram of Christ The flat fund or the tableaux des galleries / The ceilings or gallery pieces (series title), Four angels fly around the monogram of Christ surrounded by rays of light. One of them folds their hands in worship, ...
EditorialBust of a man, The head turned to the left with a cynical expression shows heavy folds, bushy eyebrows, a toggle and a stubborn beard, the hair falls loosely over the shoulders. He wears a helmet-shaped headpiece to which an indefinable object (a tuft ...
EditorialTwo-armed candlestick with a male and female figure, The candlestick is composed of the following eight parts, of which only the first two are removable: the base, the trunk, the two figures, the two fat traps and the two candle holders. The trunk scre...
EditorialAnonymous, c. 1500, copper, iron, oak, carved, General: 46.7 x 34 x 10.9cm 467 x 340 x 109mm, biblical representation, Mary, Christ, Germany, Sculpture, relief. Biblical representation: the worship of kings. Under a dilapidated roof Maria, the child on...
EditorialWhalebone plaque, Viking, 9th century. Whalebone plaque decorated with a pair of openwork horses' heads at the top and incised with ring-and-dot and geometric designs. It is thought that these plaques were used as boards for smoothing folds and seams i...
EditorialTwo salt-cellars Two salt-cellars Two Salt-Cellars Salt barrel of which the dish is carried by a boy sitting on a dolphin. The salt vessels (A and B) are made up of a cast pedestal and trunk and a driven dish. The triangular, high-rising gilt pedestal ...
EditorialTwo Salt-Cellars, Two salt-cellars, Salt barrel whose shell is being carried seated on a dolphin by a boy, The salt vessels (A and B) are made up of a cast pedestal and trunk and a driven bowl. The triangular, high-rising gilt pedestal is completely de...
EditorialAt least from the tomb of Isabella or Bourbon Male weeper dressed in a short country, from the tomb of Isabella or Bourbon (1436-1465), He is a little martial with legs spread, the head slightly to the right, he holds the right hand against him, the le...
EditorialBronze statuette of a veiled and masked dancer, Hellenistic, 3rd?2nd century B.C., Greek, Bronze, 8 1/16 ? 3 1/2 ? 4 1/2 in., 65.6oz. (20.5 ? 8.9 ? 11.4 cm, 4.1 lb.), Bronzes, The complex motion of this dancer is conveyed exclusively through the intera...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a draped woman, Late Classical, late 4th century B.C., Greek, possibly Corinthian, Terracotta, H.: 16 3/16 in. (41.1 cm), Terracottas, This figure has drawn her garment over her head. Traces of blue color are preserved in the fo...
EditorialA volunteer folds laundry at the Beacon, a nonprofit that joined Houston’s “continuum” of homelessness services, on April 21, 2022. (Christopher Lee/The New York Times)