EditorialBronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Argive, Bronze, H. 15 15/16 in. (40.41 cm), Bronzes, The integration of three-dimensional figures into the design of a functional object is a hallmark o...
EditorialFour Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and Prochoros, the Baptism (Epiphany), Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis), and Saint Nicholas.
EditorialFour Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and Prochoros, the Baptism (Epiphany), Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis), and Saint Nicholas.
EditorialBronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Argive, Bronze, H. 15 15/16 in. (40.41 cm), Bronzes, The integration of three-dimensional figures into the design of a functional object is a hallmark o...
EditorialGuillaume Jouvenel des Ursins (1401-1472), baron de Trainel, chancellor of France under Charles VII and Louis XI. Detail of ornamental background decoration. Small bear cubs, emblems of the chancellor, support the blazons and animate the decoration aro...
EditorialFour Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and Prochoros, the Baptism (Epiphany), Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis), and Saint Nicholas.
EditorialBronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Argive, Bronze, H. 15 15/16 in. (40.41 cm), Bronzes, The integration of three-dimensional figures into the design of a functional object is a hallmark o...
EditorialFragmentary Relief, 9th?10th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Yucat?n, Uxmal, Maya, Stone, H. 6 1/2 x W. 14 1/2 in. (16.51 x 36.83 cm), Stone-Sculpture, This sculpture comes from the House of the Governor, one of the largest buildings at the site of Uxmal...
EditorialThe Empress Kneels Before Saint Martin, ca. 1430, South Netherlandish, Silk and metal thread, and linen, Diameter: 6 1/8in. (15.5cm), Textiles-Embroidered, This roundel originally formed part of an extensive series illustrating the life of St. Martin w...
EditorialFour Icons from a Pair of Doors (Panels), possibly part of a Polyptych: John the Theologian and Prochoros, the Baptism (Epiphany), Harrowing of Hell (Anastasis), and Saint Nicholas, early 15th century, Made in Crete ?, Byzantine, Tempera and gold on wo...
EditorialDodo, Raphus cucullatus, extinct bird with dromedary camel, dragonfly, doree, dotterel, dragonet and dogfish. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from William Frederic Martyn's "New Dictionary of Natural History, or Compleat Universal Display of Animate...