EditorialDon Dismallo running the literary gantlet, engraving 1790, Edmund Burke in fools dress receiving lashes on his bare back as he runs a gauntlet of his peers which also includes Justice holding a sword, and Liberty, with staff topped with a liberty cap, ...
EditorialDon Dismallo running the literary gantlet, engraving 1790, Edmund Burke in fools dress receiving lashes on his bare back as he runs a gauntlet of his peers which also includes Justice holding a sword, and Liberty, with staff topped with a liberty cap, ...
EditorialApollo descends from the Parnassus Title page for: P. Orville, Poemata, 1740, A man surrounded by muses watches Apollo descend from the Parnassus to laud him. On the Parnassus there are three muses and a prancing Pegasus. In the foreground putti with a...
EditorialAbraham and Sara at the table Scenes from Genesis (series title), Abraham is sitting at the table with his wife Sara, on the left is Hagar with a tray. Sara lashes out at Abraham's first son Ishmael who runs to his mother Hagar in fright. Isaac is cryi...
EditorialDrum, Late Period, 664?332 B.C., From Egypt, Wood, hide, paint, l. 33 cm (13 in); diam. 34 cm (13 3/8 in); diam. at ends 25 cm (9 13/16 in), This barrel-shaped instrument is constructed of wooden staves and fitted with leather heads lashed together. Bo...
EditorialPortrait of a Youth with a Surgical Cut in one Eye, Roman Period, A.D. 190?210, From Egypt, Encaustic paint on limewood, H. 35 x W. 17.2 cm (13 3/4 x 6 3/4 in.), The faint growth of hair on the jaws and upper lip identify the subject of this painting a...
EditorialPortrait of a young woman in red, Roman Period, A.D. 90?120, From Egypt, Encaustic, limewood, gold leaf, H. 38.1 x W. 18.4 cm (15 x 7 1/4 in.), The background of this portrait was originally gilded, emphasizing the divine status of the deceased young w...
EditorialDon Dismallo running the literary gantlet, engraving 1790, Edmund Burke in fools dress receiving lashes on his bare back as he runs a gauntlet of his peers which also includes Justice holding a sword, and Liberty, with staff topped with a liberty cap, ...
EditorialDon Dismallo running the literary gantlet, engraving 1790, Edmund Burke in fools dress receiving lashes on his bare back as he runs a gauntlet of his peers which also includes Justice holding a sword, and Liberty, with staff topped with a liberty cap, ...
EditorialKnights in armour, a horse lashes out. Detail from the Battle of San Romano, in which the Florentines under Niccolo da Tolentino won a victory over the Sienese in 1423. Tempera on wood (1456-1457), 182 x 323 cm Inv. 479 See 40-07-08 / 45-47.