EditorialThe Actor Bando Hikosaburo III in the Role of Kanshojo, Edo period (1615?1868), 1796, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762?1819), In a scen...
EditorialPierre Puvis de Chavannes: Dramatic Poetry (Aeschylus), Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, c. 1896, Oil on canvas, This painting is a scaled-down version of an enormous canvas?over 14 x 7 feet?that French artist Puvis de Chavannes painted for the Boston Public...
EditorialA Scene from "The Beggar's Opera" VI 1731 This is among the first paintings ever made of an English stage performance. It depicts a climactic scene from John Gay?s The Beggar?s Opera, first performed at the Lincoln?s Inn Theatre in 1728. Oil on ...
EditorialBhima Slays Jarasandha: Page from a Bhagavata Purana Manuscript, ca. 1540, Northern India, Delhi or Agra region, Opaque watercolor and ink on paper, 6 3/4 x 9 1/16 in. (17.1 x 23 cm), Paintings, This painting is from a series illustrating climactic mom...
EditorialIchikawa Danjuro V in the Role of Fuwa Banzaemon in the Scene 'Rivalry in Love' from the Play Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma, Edo period (1615?1868), 1774, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 7/8 in. (1...
EditorialThe Actor Bando Hikosaburo III in the Role of Kanshojo, Edo period (1615?1868), 1796, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, H. 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm); W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Prints, Katsukawa Shun'ei (Japanese, 1762?1819), In a scen...
EditorialThe Actor Sawamura Sojuro III in the Role of Shimada Juzaburo, from the series 'Image of Actors on Stage', Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1795, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper, Image: 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. (35.9 x 24.1 cm), Prints, ...
EditorialA Scene from "The Beggar's Opera" VI 1731 This is among the first paintings ever made of an English stage performance. It depicts a climactic scene from John Gay?s The Beggar?s Opera, first performed at the Lincoln?s Inn Theatre in 1728. Oil on ...