EditorialPortrait of a Woman (Marianna Panciatichi, marchesa Paolucci delle Roncole, 1835-1919, or her sister-in-law, Beatrice Ferrari-Corbelli di Reggio, contessa di Lucciano).
EditorialExuberant company under a tree in front of an inn, Merry company at a table under a tree in front of an inn. A gentleman with a young woman on her lap, two other gentlemen drink and smoke. On the left, a servant pours glasses full and a man pours into ...
EditorialTomoe Gozen Tomoe (title on object) A diptych (series title) Nibantsuzuki (series title on object), A woman in exuberant robe holds a stick on which a sake kettle hangs. This is the male actor Segawa Kikunoj? V (1802-32) in the female role of Tomoe Goz...
EditorialColumbs Ernisii, Parallel title: The exuberant dove; Noah's Ark, Flood, Signed: J. G. Pinz sculp, copperplate engraving, plate LXII (Vol. 1), F?ssli, Johann Melchior; Pinz, Johann Georg (sculp.), 1731, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer: Kupfer-Bibel (...). Augsp...
EditorialAlva claims the Tenth Medal, 1569 It is the king himself who sees you in Alva (title on object) Scenes from the life of Prince William I, 1568-1584 (series title), Fernando Alvarez de Toledo - known as the Duke of Alva - claims the tenth medal in a mee...
EditorialShaving basin Shaving basin, An earthenware shaving basin with a scaly outer edge, which has a recess in the form of a semicircle at the front. On the outer edge exuberant flower decorations with a dimple on the left (diameter 3-4 cm). In the tank a na...
EditorialWoman with a role, A woman in exuberant kimono decorated with fans and wheels. An overkimono with a pattern of cranes hangs over a lamp. With three poems., Totoya Hokkei (mentioned on object), Japan, c. 1827, paper, colour woodcut, h 209 mm ? w 185 mm.
EditorialTerracotta loutrophoros (ceremonial vase for water), Late Classical, ca. 340?330 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, H. 36 5/8 in. (93 cm), Vases, On the body, above, obverse, male deity adjudicating between Persephone and Aphr...
EditorialCoffee and tea service (d?jeuner chinois r?ticul?), 1855?61, French, S?vres, Hard-paste porcelain, Tray (.1): H. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.); Gr. Diam. 19 5/8 in. (49.8 cm.); coffeepot with cover (.2ab): H. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm.); teapot with cover (.3ab): H. 4...
EditorialMain altar of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Gothic altar remodeled in exuberant baroque by Jose Vega y Verdugo. The Baldachin,17th century, author Domingo de Andrade (1639-1712). A bejeweled medieval statue of St. James (12th century). Santi...
EditorialPortrait of a Woman (Marianna Panciatichi, marchesa Paolucci delle Roncole, 1835-1919, or her sister-in-law, Beatrice Ferrari-Corbelli di Reggio, contessa di Lucciano).
EditorialSt. Hubert, a hunting lodge near Paris, built by Louis XV, demolished during the Revolution. It was famous for its exuberant Roccoco stucco decorations. Large, rectangular pewter plaque, gilded and gouached. 18 x 24 cm.
EditorialIndra Sabha. Indra Sabha is the largest of the Jain series and dates from the 9th century under Rashtrakuta patronage. The interior of the cave has a columned mandapa or hall with niches on the three sides and the sanctuary in the middle of the back wa...
EditorialBizhan killing the boars. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w. 1614. Bizhan killing the boars in the land of Arman. The exuberant artist has represented five horsemen engaged and another five in the background as well as a number of extr...
EditorialMain altar of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Gothic altar remodeled in exuberant baroque by Jose Vega y Verdugo. The Baldachin,17th century, author Domingo de Andrade (1639-1712). A bejeweled medieval statue of St. James (12th century). Santi...
EditorialMain altar of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. Gothic altar remodeled in exuberant baroque by Jose Vega y Verdugo. The Baldachin,17th century, author Domingo de Andrade (1639-1712). A bejeweled medieval statue of St. James (12th century). Santi...