EditorialPortrait of Ferdinand II, On the lower half of the plaque the bust of a man with his head turned to the left within an inscription. Man has mustache and goatee. He has a leaf wreath around his head. He wears a tunic with a square neck and over it a clo...
EditorialFrederick II of Prussia, On the lower half of an oval plaque: portrait bust of a man (Frederik II), a profile to the left within an inscription. Man has gray hair, with a tail in which a bow. He is wearing a high-necked jacket with six gold-colored clo...
EditorialSaucer-dish with a boat, birds and flowering plants in panels, Porcelain dish with a round wall and a thick, folded edge. Painted in underglaze blue. On the front in the center a square with a hemisphere on either side with two flying geese between clo...
EditorialNetsuke, Depiction of a playwright who, sitting with one knee raised, holds a mask with a heavy grimace in his hands. The player is almost bald. He has a wide collar around his neck and a bow hanging on his back. The player wears a spotted piece of clo...
EditorialPlate with the arms of the Van Idsinga family, Porcelain plate, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, black and gold. On the shelf the arms of the Van Idsinga family with a blue background with a silver rose or flower and a pair of golden clo...
EditorialTabernacle door with coat of arms of the Piccolomini, Tabernacle door of walnut. Two Corinthian half-columns on a cloaked base flank a niche and support the main frame. The frieze and the base are decorated with leaf and flower motifs. Hanging bell clo...
EditorialTeapot with lid, black, decorated with ridges, Teapot with lid made of black stone. The body with closely spaced ridges. The S-shaped spout with embossed volutes. The c-shaped handle ends at the bottom in a stylized blade. The lid is decorated with clo...
EditorialHand guard, Tienlobige tsuba, the lobes of which decrease in size upwards and downwards, slightly arched upwards at the edge, tendrils engraved on the front with flowers in wire inlay (suji-zogan), at the back two dragons and a flaming jewel amidst clo...
EditorialCompass in Binnenacle Compass in Binnacle with Compass Card in Box, Compass in night house with pyramid shaped cap with a rose in a separate box. The night house has a door at the front. The four sides of the hood are made of glass, two of them are clo...
EditorialView of the ruins of a Roman monastery in T?bessa Monast?re Clo?tre (title on object), ruins of church, monastery, etc, T?bessa, anonymous, France, c. 1884 - in or before 1894, paper, collotype, h 109 mm ? w 159 mm.
EditorialCornelis de Graeff and Catharina Hooft Portrait of Cornelis de Graeff (1599-1664 The head with mustache and imperial is turned to the right in profile, the hair falls in curls on the shoulder. He wears a skullcap, a jerkin with a flat-lying collar, clo...
EditorialSuzuribako with ink stone and water dropper, Suzuribako (writing box), the surface is made in nashiji (speckled gold lacquer). The decoration is applied in takamakie (gold lacquer and relief) and consists of flowering cherry trees, to which a large clo...
EditorialBust of a Man Hendrik de Keyser (1565 - 1621) Bust of a man, The head, slightly turned to the right, shows a beard and toggle, fairly short hair and a somewhat fleshy nose. Over a piece of clothing that appears at the neck, he wears a jerky that is clo...
EditorialKubihiki, Neck tug of war., Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820, artist, [between 1770 and 1773], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 26.6 x 19.3 cm., Print shows two boys watching two boys seated with their feet pushing against the other's and with a long strip of clo...
EditorialKubihiki, Neck tug of war., Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820, artist, [between 1770 and 1773], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 26.6 x 19.3 cm., Print shows two boys watching two boys seated with their feet pushing against the other's and with a long strip of clo...
EditorialPortrait of Prince Ruprecht of the Palatinate, Prince Ruprecht of the Palatinate, cousin of King Charles I of England and commander of the royalist cavalry during the English Civil War. He was also an inventor and print maker, head-gear: hat (men's clo...
EditorialArles. Clo?tre St Trophime., ?douard Baldus (French, born Germany, 1813 - 1889), Arles, France, about 1851, Salted paper print, Sheet: 20.7 ? 23.2 cm (8 1/8 ? 9 1/8 in.).
EditorialMillepora dekini, Print, Fire corals (Millepora) are a genus of colonial marine organisms that exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of coral. The name coral is somewhat misleading, as fire corals are not true corals but are instead more clo...
EditorialDryocopus haematogaster, Print, Dryocopus is a genus of large powerful woodpeckers, typically 35?45 cm in length. It has representatives in North and South America, Europe, and Asia; some South American species are endangered. It was believed to be clo...
EditorialMillepora aspera, Print, Fire corals (Millepora) are a genus of colonial marine organisms that exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of coral. The name coral is somewhat misleading, as fire corals are not true corals but are instead more clo...
EditorialMillepora ramosa, Print, Fire corals (Millepora) are a genus of colonial marine organisms that exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of coral. The name coral is somewhat misleading, as fire corals are not true corals but are instead more clo...
EditorialBirds, Trees, and Flowers, late 1500s. Attributed to Kano Mitsunobu (Japanese, 1565-1608). Six-panel folding screen, ink, color, and gold on paper; image: 155.9 x 339.4 cm (61 3/8 x 133 5/8 in.); overall: 168.5 x 352.2 cm (66 5/16 x 138 11/16 in.); clo...
EditorialClo?tre St. Maclou, Rouen, II. John Marin; American, 1870-1953. Date: 1909. Dimensions: 161 x 203 mm (plate); 266 x 299 mm (sheet). Etching, selectively wiped, on ivory Japanese paper. Origin: United States.
EditorialThe idol Kivvasa. (Kiwasa). Engraving of an idol, Kivvasa, seated in a circular tent made from segments of woven cane or matting. The image has hair tied in a knot above the head, has a four-strand necklace of beads around the neck. It is wearing a clo...
EditorialA Chinese lady and her son. The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c. William Miller: London, 1805. The lady wears a long robe of silk or satin. Underneath, she wears an under-vest and drawers of taffeta. Her hair is smoothed with oil and clo...
EditorialScantily Clad Woman Disturbed in the Night by Two Men. Venus in the cloister. More commonly known as the Nun in her Smock. Erotic fiction. . Ve?nus dans le cloi?tre ... Nouvelle e?dition, enrichie de figures grave?es en taille douce. H. V. Roosen: ...
EditorialImperial Presentation Vase with Maple Branches and Imperial Chrysanthemum Crest (one of a pair), ???????? (??), Meiji period (1868?1912), ca. 1906, Japan, Standard and repouss? cloisonn? enamel; silver wires and rims; signed: combined marks of Ando Clo...
EditorialJ?rusalem, Sainte-Marie-la-Grande, Clo?tre, 1854, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 23 x 32.9 cm (9 1/16 x 12 15/16 in.), Photographs, Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824?1872).
EditorialKing Clothar I, ca. 1250, French, Limestone, originally polychromed., Overall: 74 1/2 in. (189.2 cm), Installations, According to tradition, the monastery of Moutiers-Saint-Jean was founded by the first Christian kings of France, Clovis and his son Clo...
EditorialDog Amulet (Inu Hariko), Edo period (1615?1868)?Meiji period (1868?1912), mid-19th century, Japan, Ivory inlaid with mother-of-pearl, metal and cloisonn?, H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); W. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm), Netsuke, Shitayama, Inlaid with mother-of-pearl and clo...
EditorialKubihiki, Neck tug of war., Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820, artist, [between 1770 and 1773], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 26.6 x 19.3 cm., Print shows two boys watching two boys seated with their feet pushing against the other's and with a long strip of clo...
EditorialKubihiki, Neck tug of war., Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820, artist, [between 1770 and 1773], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 26.6 x 19.3 cm., Print shows two boys watching two boys seated with their feet pushing against the other's and with a long strip of clo...
EditorialExecutioner, 9th century. He wears a sleeveless tunic with belt, laced sandals up to the calf, and holds an axe. From a manuscript in the king's library. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clo...
EditorialFrench peasant farmer, 14th century. She wears a straw hat, guimpe or wimple, blue robe over petticoat of red wool with velvet border. She carries a hoe. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from "French Costumes from King Clo...
EditorialRamses III before the gods of Memphis,20th dynasty,around 1150 BCE. At 42 metres, the Grest Harris Papyrus is one of the longest papyri still in existance. Third vignette: Ramses wears crook and flail and clothing reserved for the pharaoh, a banded clo...