EditorialMirror, 12th century, Made in probably Afghanistan, Bronze; cast, D. 3/16 in. (0.5 cm), Metal, This small mirror, despite its fragmentary, worn condition, has preserved its benedictory kufic inscription that surrounds a bird with open wings and haloed ...
EditorialMyrrha gives birth to Adonis and is metamorphosed into a myrrh tree. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by Charles Eisen from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, 1778.
EditorialGoblet Goblet Goblet of rock crystal, Goblet of rock crystal. The frame on the trunk and foot edge is made of gold with black enamel. On the chalice, in matte grinding, a frieze with Apollo and Daphne, Diana and Endymion and Leda with the swan, includi...
EditorialThe daughters of Cecrops open the basket with Erichthonius Metamorphoses of Ovid (series title), The three daughters of Cecrops, king of Athens, open the basket in which Erichthonius, who has a snake's tail, lies. There is a crow in the tree that witne...
EditorialSculpture by Jean-Baptiste Th?odon at the Louvre Museum in Paris, representing Phaethusa Paris: Louvre: Phoebus, par Ducoudray (title on object), lesser divinities of Heaven, serving and attendant environment, metamorphosed human beings, sitting figure...
EditorialMyrrha gives birth to Adonis and is metamorphosed into a myrrh tree. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by Charles Eisen from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, 1778.
EditorialCadmus and Hermione metamorphosed into serpents from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by Charles Eisen from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, 1778.
EditorialMirror, 12th century, Made in probably Afghanistan, Bronze; cast, D. 3/16 in. (0.5 cm), Metal, This small mirror, despite its fragmentary, worn condition, has preserved its benedictory kufic inscription that surrounds a bird with open wings and haloed ...
EditorialMirror, 12th century, Made in probably Afghanistan, Bronze; cast, D. 3/16 in. (0.5 cm), Metal, This small mirror, despite its fragmentary, worn condition, has preserved its benedictory kufic inscription that surrounds a bird with open wings and haloed ...
EditorialMyrrha gives birth to Adonis and is metamorphosed into a myrrh tree. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by Charles Eisen from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, 1778.
EditorialCadmus and Hermione metamorphosed into serpents from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Copperplate engraving by W. Walker after an illustration by Charles Eisen from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, 1778.