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Editorial Illustration to Pope's Odyssey. Tommaso Piroli; Italian, c. 1752-1824. Date: 1793. Dimensions: . Engraving in black on paper. Origin: Italy.
- 2019-12-17
- 1
Editorial Two vignettes at top showing trees surmounted by gold shields with the head of the Medusa. At the foot of one tree is a Dryad with a hatchet, the attribute of the guardian nymph of the forest. The two landscapes below show Nile scenes in Egypt with Anu...
- 2019-11-19
- 1
Editorial Illustration to Pope's Odyssey. Tommaso Piroli; Italian, c. 1752-1824. Date: 1793. Dimensions: . Engraving in black on paper. Origin: Italy.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial The Iliad of Homer Engraved From the Compositions of John Flaxman, R. A., Sculptor.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Last Judgment, after Michelangelo.
- 2019-11-18
- 1
Editorial Painting that may show Rhea deceiving Saturn, or Ceres' secret child being given to the goddess Regina and the horse Arion, or perhaps the education of Achilles according to Homer. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercol...
- 2019-07-09
- 1
Editorial Calligraphy in Running Style based on Wang Bo's Essay on Tengwang Pavilion, 1811. Tiebao (Chinese, 1752-1824). Handscroll, ink on paper; image: 43.4 x 647.9 cm (17 1/16 x 255 1/16 in.); overall: 44.4 x 863.6 cm (17 1/2 x 340 in.).
- 2019-04-01
- 1
Editorial Illustration to Pope's Odyssey. Tommaso Piroli; Italian, c. 1752-1824. Date: 1793. Dimensions: . Engraving in black on paper. Origin: Italy.
- 2019-04-01
- 1
Editorial Illustration to Pope's Odyssey. Tommaso Piroli; Italian, c. 1752-1824. Date: 1793. Dimensions: . Engraving in black on paper. Origin: Italy.
- 2019-03-11
- 1
Editorial Last Judgment, after Michelangelo.
- 2019-02-22
- 1
Editorial Last Judgment, after Michelangelo.
- 2019-02-01
- 1
Editorial Portrait of the architect Fyodor Kirillovich Sokolov (1752-1824).
- 2019-01-24
- 1
Editorial Perhaps this is the moment Iphigenia recognizes Orestes in Euripides' "Iphigenia in Aulis"? The painting shows a pensive Orestes, his sister Iphigenia, his friend Pylades, King Thoas and a chorus of young and old women. Behind them is a statue of Diana...
- 2019-01-24
- 1
Editorial Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. Centauress carrying a young man, playing the lyre with one hand and clashing cymbals with the other. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli fro...
- 2019-01-24
- 3
Editorial A bacchant surprised by a faun in a desolate mountain spot. At the faun's feet are his curved stick or pedum, seven-pipe flute or syrinx, and a Rhombus, a percussion instrument like a tambourine. At the bacchant's feet are a sacred staff or thyrsus dec...
- 2019-01-24
- 5
Editorial A hero (Theseus?) about to stab the centaur Euritus who had attempted to rape Hippodamia, wife of Pirithous. It provoked the famous war between the Lapiths and the centaurs described by Ovid in his Metamorphoses. Painting on marble excavated in Resina ...
- 2019-01-24
- 6
Editorial Vignettes of Cupids playing and working. Above, according to Visconti, this curious image shows three cupids making Vittae, small scalloped ribbons to decorate temples, victims and religious objects. Below, two genii enjoy fishing with rods. Copperplat...
- 2019-01-24
- 1
Editorial The painting shows Hercules as a baby killing two snakes with his bare hands to protect his twin brother Iphicles, while his mother Alcmene watches distraught. Amphitryon, a prince of Argos, clutches his sword, while a teacher in slave robes clutches t...
- 2019-01-24
- 4
Editorial While some ancient authorities believe this to be a portrait of Dido as described by Virgil, modern opinion holds that this is Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, wearing Carthaginian costume, holding a sword in a strange sheath with a mushroom-shaped tip....
- 2019-01-24
- 4
Editorial Wall painting excavated in Resina showing a portal, with candelabra-shaped columns, chest-high walls or plutei, cornices and portico. The tympanum or shield decorated with a garland could indicate that it is a temple portal. Copperplate engraved by Tom...
- 2019-01-24
- 5
Editorial Painting that may show Rhea deceiving Saturn, or Ceres' secret child being given to the goddess Regina and the horse Arion, or perhaps the education of Achilles according to Homer. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercol...
- 2019-01-24
- 1
Editorial Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant subduing a charging centaur. She kneels on his rump, grabs his hair and beats him with a thyrsus or staff. The centaur has ...
- 2019-01-24
- 2
Editorial Painting of a tragic scene showing three women in baleful masks and postures. Perhaps they are three Greek professional mourners attending a funeral. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneu...
- 2019-01-24
- 3
Editorial An old faun or Silenus with bushy beard struggles with a Hermaphrodite in this excellent Bacchanalian subject excavated at Resina. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Ita...
- 2019-01-24
- 3
Editorial Vignettes of Cupids playing at trades or professions. Above, two Cupids or genii imitate Capulatores or grape pressers while another stirs grape juice over a stove. Below, two Cupids make leather shoes in a shoemakers' shop with lasts and tools. Copper...
- 2019-01-24
- 1
Editorial Architectural painting of an Ionic portico, with a cornice decorated with dolphins and tritons, and an entablature with vase. Perhaps a Coenaculum, the upper room on a country house. Vignette below shows a parrot pulling a cricket in a chariot. Copperp...
- 2019-01-24
- 2
Editorial At top, a landscape showing warships in a harbour celebrating a victory - as indicated by the laurel branch on the stern. The buildings on land include a lighthouse and a castle or Praetorium. The vignette below shows the banks of the Nile with hippopo...
- 2019-01-24
- 5
Editorial Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant dancer striking cymbals together. She wears a wreath of ivy, a necklace and bracelets, and a fine blue robe covered with an...
- 2019-01-24
- 2
Editorial Portrait of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1752-1824), Countess of Albany.
- 2019-01-23
- 1
Editorial Portrait of the poet Count Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803) and Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1752-1824), Countess of Albany.
- 2019-01-23
- 1
Editorial Perhaps this is the moment Iphigenia recognizes Orestes in Euripides' "Iphigenia in Aulis"? The painting shows a pensive Orestes, his sister Iphigenia, his friend Pylades, King Thoas and a chorus of young and old women. Behind them is a statue of Diana...
- 2018-08-21
- 1
Editorial Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. Centauress carrying a young man, playing the lyre with one hand and clashing cymbals with the other. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli fro...
- 2018-08-21
- 3
Editorial A bacchant surprised by a faun in a desolate mountain spot. At the faun's feet are his curved stick or pedum, seven-pipe flute or syrinx, and a Rhombus, a percussion instrument like a tambourine. At the bacchant's feet are a sacred staff or thyrsus dec...
- 2018-08-21
- 5
Editorial A hero (Theseus?) about to stab the centaur Euritus who had attempted to rape Hippodamia, wife of Pirithous. It provoked the famous war between the Lapiths and the centaurs described by Ovid in his Metamorphoses. Painting on marble excavated in Resina ...
- 2018-08-21
- 6
Editorial Vignettes of Cupids playing and working. Above, according to Visconti, this curious image shows three cupids making Vittae, small scalloped ribbons to decorate temples, victims and religious objects. Below, two genii enjoy fishing with rods. Copperplat...
- 2018-08-21
- 1
Editorial The painting shows Hercules as a baby killing two snakes with his bare hands to protect his twin brother Iphicles, while his mother Alcmene watches distraught. Amphitryon, a prince of Argos, clutches his sword, while a teacher in slave robes clutches t...
- 2018-08-21
- 4
Editorial While some ancient authorities believe this to be a portrait of Dido as described by Virgil, modern opinion holds that this is Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, wearing Carthaginian costume, holding a sword in a strange sheath with a mushroom-shaped tip....
- 2018-08-21
- 4
Editorial Wall painting excavated in Resina showing a portal, with candelabra-shaped columns, chest-high walls or plutei, cornices and portico. The tympanum or shield decorated with a garland could indicate that it is a temple portal. Copperplate engraved by Tom...
- 2018-08-21
- 5
Editorial Painting that may show Rhea deceiving Saturn, or Ceres' secret child being given to the goddess Regina and the horse Arion, or perhaps the education of Achilles according to Homer. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercol...
- 2018-08-21
- 1
Editorial Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant subduing a charging centaur. She kneels on his rump, grabs his hair and beats him with a thyrsus or staff. The centaur has ...
- 2018-08-21
- 2
Editorial Painting of a tragic scene showing three women in baleful masks and postures. Perhaps they are three Greek professional mourners attending a funeral. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneu...
- 2018-08-21
- 3
Editorial An old faun or Silenus with bushy beard struggles with a Hermaphrodite in this excellent Bacchanalian subject excavated at Resina. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Ita...
- 2018-08-21
- 3
Editorial Vignettes of Cupids playing at trades or professions. Above, two Cupids or genii imitate Capulatores or grape pressers while another stirs grape juice over a stove. Below, two Cupids make leather shoes in a shoemakers' shop with lasts and tools. Copper...
- 2018-08-21
- 1
Editorial Architectural painting of an Ionic portico, with a cornice decorated with dolphins and tritons, and an entablature with vase. Perhaps a Coenaculum, the upper room on a country house. Vignette below shows a parrot pulling a cricket in a chariot. Copperp...
- 2018-08-21
- 2
Editorial At top, a landscape showing warships in a harbour celebrating a victory - as indicated by the laurel branch on the stern. The buildings on land include a lighthouse and a castle or Praetorium. The vignette below shows the banks of the Nile with hippopo...
- 2018-08-21
- 5
Editorial Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant dancer striking cymbals together. She wears a wreath of ivy, a necklace and bracelets, and a fine blue robe covered with an...
- 2018-08-21
- 2
Editorial Portrait of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1752-1824), Countess of Albany.
- 2018-08-09
- 1
Editorial Portrait of the poet Count Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803) and Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern (1752-1824), Countess of Albany.
- 2018-08-09
- 1
Editorial The Iliad of Homer Engraved From the Compositions of John Flaxman, R. A., Sculptor.
- 2018-08-09
- 1
Editorial Last Judgment, after Michelangelo.
- 2018-08-08
- 1
Editorial Portrait of the architect Fyodor Kirillovich Sokolov (1752-1824).
- 2018-07-31
- 1
Editorial Perhaps this is the moment Iphigenia recognizes Orestes in Euripides' "Iphigenia in Aulis"? The painting shows a pensive Orestes, his sister Iphigenia, his friend Pylades, King Thoas and a chorus of young and old women. Behind them is a statue of Diana...
- 2018-07-24
- 1
Editorial Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. Centauress carrying a young man, playing the lyre with one hand and clashing cymbals with the other. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli fro...
- 2018-07-24
- 3
Editorial A bacchant surprised by a faun in a desolate mountain spot. At the faun's feet are his curved stick or pedum, seven-pipe flute or syrinx, and a Rhombus, a percussion instrument like a tambourine. At the bacchant's feet are a sacred staff or thyrsus dec...
- 2018-07-24
- 5
Editorial A hero (Theseus?) about to stab the centaur Euritus who had attempted to rape Hippodamia, wife of Pirithous. It provoked the famous war between the Lapiths and the centaurs described by Ovid in his Metamorphoses. Painting on marble excavated in Resina ...
- 2018-07-24
- 6
Editorial Vignettes of Cupids playing and working. Above, according to Visconti, this curious image shows three cupids making Vittae, small scalloped ribbons to decorate temples, victims and religious objects. Below, two genii enjoy fishing with rods. Copperplat...
- 2018-07-24
- 1
Editorial The painting shows Hercules as a baby killing two snakes with his bare hands to protect his twin brother Iphicles, while his mother Alcmene watches distraught. Amphitryon, a prince of Argos, clutches his sword, while a teacher in slave robes clutches t...
- 2018-07-24
- 4
Editorial While some ancient authorities believe this to be a portrait of Dido as described by Virgil, modern opinion holds that this is Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, wearing Carthaginian costume, holding a sword in a strange sheath with a mushroom-shaped tip....
- 2018-07-24
- 4
Editorial Wall painting excavated in Resina showing a portal, with candelabra-shaped columns, chest-high walls or plutei, cornices and portico. The tympanum or shield decorated with a garland could indicate that it is a temple portal. Copperplate engraved by Tom...
- 2018-07-24
- 5
Editorial Painting that may show Rhea deceiving Saturn, or Ceres' secret child being given to the goddess Regina and the horse Arion, or perhaps the education of Achilles according to Homer. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercol...
- 2018-07-24
- 1
Editorial Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant subduing a charging centaur. She kneels on his rump, grabs his hair and beats him with a thyrsus or staff. The centaur has ...
- 2018-07-24
- 2
Editorial Painting of a tragic scene showing three women in baleful masks and postures. Perhaps they are three Greek professional mourners attending a funeral. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneu...
- 2018-07-24
- 3
Editorial An old faun or Silenus with bushy beard struggles with a Hermaphrodite in this excellent Bacchanalian subject excavated at Resina. Copperplate engraved by Tommaso Piroli from his own "Antichita di Ercolano" (Antiquities of Herculaneum), Rome, 1789. Ita...
- 2018-07-24
- 3
Editorial Vignettes of Cupids playing at trades or professions. Above, two Cupids or genii imitate Capulatores or grape pressers while another stirs grape juice over a stove. Below, two Cupids make leather shoes in a shoemakers' shop with lasts and tools. Copper...
- 2018-07-24
- 1
Editorial Architectural painting of an Ionic portico, with a cornice decorated with dolphins and tritons, and an entablature with vase. Perhaps a Coenaculum, the upper room on a country house. Vignette below shows a parrot pulling a cricket in a chariot. Copperp...
- 2018-07-24
- 2
Editorial Painting removed from a wall of a room, possibly a triclinium or dining room, in a house in Pompeii in 1749. It shows a bacchant dancer striking cymbals together. She wears a wreath of ivy, a necklace and bracelets, and a fine blue robe covered with an...
- 2018-07-24
- 2
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