EditorialWilhelmina van Prussia, Oval medallion, liver colored, on which, in white, bust of woman and profile to the right. Woman has loosened her hair with a strand on shoulder. She is wearing a clipped dress fastened with a pin. To insert medallion simple lis...
EditorialAutumn, from the series Women?s Pleasures of the Four Seasons, Edo period (1615?1868), ca. 1844?46, Japan, Triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink, silver, and color on paper, 9 3/4 x 22 1/8 in. (24.8 x 56.2 cm), Prints, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanes...
EditorialA reclining woman and her lapdog, from Isfahan, Iran, around 1635-1644. A woman lies back against cushions, lazily watching her dog drink from her winebowl. Her relaxed pose and the loosened state of her clothes and hair imply permissiveness; she is mo...