EditorialSilver plaque by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Habsburg (1614-1662), On an octagonal plate the bust of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Habsburg, high relief. Right shoulder forward, long curly hair, mustache and goatee, wears armor depicting a face on the ri...
EditorialCrown of Thorns, Christ sits on a couch with bound wrists between two executioners, who press a long stick on Christ's head with both hands, each leaning on the couch with one knee. Christ, in loincloth, wears a cloak hanging from the shoulders, which ...
EditorialCharity and Faith Faith Lying female figure: Faith, She is lying on the right side with the right leg extended and the left bent. She leans on a book lying flat with the right elbow and rests an upright foliant on her waist with her left hand. Her rais...
EditorialJohn the Baptist preaching, In front of a rocky, overgrown landscape, John stands leaning with both arms on a balustrade, formed from a horizontal trunk, placed between two trees. His gaze goes to the left in the direction of a woman sitting at his fee...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 450 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; white-ground, H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm), Vases, Charon, Hermes, and youth. Hermes, identifiable by his winged boots and herald's staff, beckons a young man, the deceased...
EditorialFemale dancer as a nymph, touching one shoulder, Baron Adolf De Meyer (American, born France, 1868 - 1946), Paris, France, 1912, Collotype on papier pelure (onionskin), 19.8 ? 13.4 cm (7 13/16 ? 5 1/4 in.).
EditorialVotive relief dedicated to the Thracian goddess Bendis, Greek, c400-c375 BC. This relief shows two bearded and draped figures leading a troop of eight naked athletes to a representation of the goddess. She is dressed in a sleeved tunic hitched up so as...
Editorial" God with a golden hand", initially completely gilded. The god wears a long " kaunakes" which leaves one shoulder free, typical of all divinities since Akkadian periods. From Susa, early 2nd mill. BCE. Copper and gold, H: 17,5 cm A...
EditorialThe storm-god Adad standing on a bull, brandishing a flash of lightning. Reign of Tiglath-Pileser. The god wears the kaunakes, a garment draped over one shoulder. From Arslan-Tash, North Syria. Basalt, H: 136 cm AO 13 092.
EditorialWest frieze of Parthenon, Acropolis of Athens. Greece. Block W VIII, figure 15. West Horseman with exomis (short cloak fastened on one shoulder) a windblown chlamys (cape) and elements of Thracian dress. 5th century BC. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece.
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask), Classical, ca. 450 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; white-ground, H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm), Vases, Charon, Hermes, and youth. Hermes, identifiable by his winged boots and herald's staff, beckons a young man, the deceased...
EditorialStatuette representing Harpokrates, Ptolemaic Period?Roman Period, 332 BC?200 AD, From Egypt, Copper alloy, Height: 7.7 x W: 3 x D: 2.2 cm (3 1/16 x 1 3/16 x 7/8 in.), The child god represented here with finger to mouth is Harpokrates. who wears a smal...
EditorialWoman of the Samoan islands, 19th century, in shawl over one shoulder, fur skirt, holding a straw fan. Portrait of a Samoan woman brought to England by the missionary Rev. Stair. Handcoloured lithograph by J. Bull from James Cowles Prichard's Natural H...
EditorialIsraeli soldier on horseback between two horses, shield on one shoulder, another man on horseback. Pottery, from Beth Oula (Late Iron Age) Length 14.2 cm Inv. H 677.
Editorial" God with a golden hand", initially completely gilded. The god wears a long " kaunakes" which leaves one shoulder free, typical of all divinities since Akkadian periods. From Susa, early 2nd mill. BCE. Copper and gold, H: 17,5 cm A...
EditorialThe storm-god Adad standing on a bull, brandishing a flash of lightning. Reign of Tiglath-Pileser. The god wears the kaunakes, a garment draped over one shoulder. From Arslan-Tash, North Syria. Basalt, H: 136 cm AO 13 092.
EditorialVotive relief dedicated to the Thracian goddess Bendis, Greek, c400-c375 BC. This relief shows two bearded and draped figures leading a troop of eight naked athletes to a representation of the goddess. She is dressed in a sleeved tunic hitched up so as...