EditorialDecapitation of two kings by order of a Roman emperor Debellare Superbos (title on object) Fundamental principle of Roman politics (series title), From his throne, a Roman emperor gives an executioner a blindfolded king to behead. The head of the secon...
EditorialFireplace with a depiction of Judith, about to behead the sleeping Holofernes in his tent, about to behead the sleeping Holofernes in his tent ., anonymous, Southern Netherlands, c. 1525 - c. 1575, earthenware, h 10.5 cm ? w 14 cm ? t 4 cm.
EditorialExecutioner's sword used to behead Oldenbarnevelt, An iron two-handed broadsword with a blade of 7.5 cm wide at the guard, narrowing at the end to 6 cm and then ending in a blunt point. Behind the handle a double button. Inscription: Stupid guilty half...
EditorialDecapitation of two kings by order of a Roman emperor Debellare Superbos (title on object) Fundamental principle of Roman politics (series title), From his throne, a Roman emperor orders an executioner to behead a blindfolded king. The head of the seco...
EditorialIn the left margin, the seventh angel with trumpet; the king, seated, gives orders to an executioner who tramples on three blindfolded corpses and is about to behead a fourth victim; on the right, a fifth not yet blindfolded emerges from a door, and tw...
EditorialMartyrdoms of SS. Peter and Paul. Benedictional of St. Aethelwold. Winchester; 971-984. [Whole folio] Preface to the blessing for the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, 29 June. St. Peter is crucified head downwards; two executioners tie his feet to the ...
EditorialJudith C.13. Engraving depicting Judith after behead the Assyrian general Holofernes, by Pannemaker. The Bible in pictures by Gustave Dore. Colored.
EditorialJudith C.13. Engraving depicting Judith after behead the Assyrian general Holofernes, by Pannemaker. The Bible in pictures by Gustave Dore. Colored.
EditorialSeptember. Behead that Dormouse! Turn that Dormouse out of court!. Alice's Wonderland Birthday Book. [Quotations.] Compiled by E. Stanley Leathes from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass ... Illustrated by J. P. M. London : Griffith & Far...
EditorialSeptember. Behead that Dormouse! Turn that Dormouse out of court!. Alice's Wonderland Birthday Book. [Quotations.] Compiled by E. Stanley Leathes from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass ... Illustrated by J. P. M. London : Griffith & Far...
EditorialIn the left margin, the seventh angel with trumpet; the king, seated, gives orders to an executioner who tramples on three blindfolded corpses and is about to behead a fourth victim; on the right, a fifth not yet blindfolded emerges from a door, and tw...
EditorialMartyrdoms of SS. Peter and Paul. Benedictional of St. Aethelwold. Winchester; 971-984. [Whole folio] Preface to the blessing for the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul, 29 June. St. Peter is crucified head downwards; two executioners tie his feet to the ...
EditorialPsalm 29. Border decoration with grotesques. In the outer margin, a bearded man bestrides a lion, pehaps representing King David; below him a cross-bowman loads his bolt, his right leg raised to tense the bow. In the lower margin, a swordsman is about ...
EditorialCount William III of Holland, Duke of Hainault, Gives the Order to Behead the Bailiff of South Holland, 1336, Judgment of William the Good, copy after Simon Henrixz, 1620 - 1649.
EditorialThe Martyrdom of Saint Barbara, ca. 1510, Oil on linden, Overall 60 3/8 x 54 1/4 in. (153.4 x 137.8 cm); painted surface 59 3/8 x 53 1/8 in. (150.8 x 134.9 cm), Paintings, Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, Kronach 1472?1553 Weimar), According to legend,...
EditorialCount William III of Holland, Duke of Hainault, Gives the Order to Behead the Bailiff of South Holland, 1336, Judgment of William the Good, copy after Simon Henrixz, 1620 - 1649.
EditorialJudith C.13. Engraving depicting Judith after behead the Assyrian general Holofernes, by Pannemaker. The Bible in pictures by Gustave Dore. Colored.