EditorialA painting showing Mao with Red Army soldiers and officers at the National Art Museum in Beijing during the exhibition “100 Years Toward Greatness” on June 30, 2021. (Gilles Sabrié/The New York Times)
EditorialJohann Froben, Hans Holbein, Urs Graf, Ambrosius Holbein, Tacitus: Historia Augusta actionum diurnalium, paper, leather, letterpress, woodcut, total (book cover): Height: 32.3 cm; width: 22 cm, Book decoration, Renaissance, The Basel edition of the Rom...
Editorialfamily medal, Johannes Smeltzing, 1669, minted, General: 4.8 x 0.3cm 48 x 3mm, Weight: 45.4g, man's portrait, silver funeral medal by Johannes Cocceius 1603-1669. On the obverse, the bust of Johannes Cocceius is depicted seen from the front and turned ...
Editorialfamily medal, Johannes Smeltzing, 1669, minted, General: 4.8 x 0.3cm 48 x 3mm, Weight: 45.4g, man's portrait, silver funeral medal by Johannes Cocceius 1603-1669. On the obverse, the bust of Johannes Cocceius is depicted seen from the front and turned ...
EditorialCalumny of Apelles, 1565. An allegory in which Truth triumphs over all her enemies. The subject is taken from a painting by the classical Greek artist Apelles. Latin titles explain the figures: Sitting on a throne to the right is a king with large ears...
EditorialDe Waarheid, Plaque with allegorical representation about De Waarheid. The naked truth is pulled up by Chronos, on the right on the cloud the slander kneels, on the right a dove with a twig and in the background a landscape with the sun rising on the l...
EditorialDish with the Calumny of Apelles and the arms of the Ridolfi family Dish with an allegory of the Slander and the arms of the Florentine family Ridolfi, Round dish of multi-colored painted majolica, painted with an allegory of the Slander to Apelles. A ...
EditorialPlaque of gilded bronze with allegorical representation on the Slander, Plaque of gilded bronze with allegorical representation on the Slander: a small genius tramples a satyr lying on the ground, with his right hand he pours a vase against a young win...
EditorialThe slander of Apelles, c. 1600-1610, mixed media on canvas, 124 x 168 cm, unmarked., Inscription in Greek letters in blackboard at the top: KARROS OUK APOLLYTAI., Hans Bock d. ?., Zabern/Elsass um 1550/52?1624 Basel.
EditorialCalumny of Apelles, 1565. An allegory in which Truth triumphs over all her enemies. The subject is taken from a painting by the classical Greek artist Apelles. Latin titles explain the figures: Sitting on a throne to the right is a king with large ears...
EditorialPoem on a Hermitage, Ming dynasty (1368?1644), China, Hanging scroll; ink on paper, Image: 49 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. (126.4 x 27.3 cm), Calligraphy, Tu Long (Chinese, 1542?1605), Tu Long is best known as a poet and a dramatist. Forced out of government offic...
EditorialCalumny of Apelles, 1565. An allegory in which Truth triumphs over all her enemies. The subject is taken from a painting by the classical Greek artist Apelles. Latin titles explain the figures: Sitting on a throne to the right is a king with large ears...